Three reports showed increased demand and pay for neurosurgeons this year:
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Morristown, N.J.-based Altair Health, a physician-managed health system focused on spine care, added interventional spine and pain specialist David Bandola, MD, to its team, according to TAP into Wayne.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System has chosen neurosurgeon Steven Kalkanis, MD, to become CEO of Henry Ford Medical Group, effective Jan. 1, 2020.
Jeffrey Wang, MD, is co-director of the USC Spine Center at Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles who completed his term as president of the North American Spine Society in September.
The FDA granted OrthoGrid Systems 510(k) clearance Dec. 18 for its PhantomMSK Trauma system used for alignment in orthopedic surgery.
St. Joseph's Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., recently installed the ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System for spine surgery, according to ABC affiliate KGUN9.
Japanese neurosurgeon Phyo Kim, MD, PhD, traveled to Noblesville, Ind.-based RiverView Hospital to observe Hamid Abbasi, MD, performing an oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion, the Crookston Times reports.
In a 129-patient study, Australian device company Anatomics evaluated the efficacy of its 3D-printed SpineBox kit in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedures, reports 3D Printing Industry.
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute and the Philadelphia 76ers penned a multiyear expansion of its marketing deal that initiated during the 2014-15 campaign, reports Philadelphia Business Journal.
Charles Preston, MD, of Muir Orthopedic Specialists in Walnut Creek, Calif., was elected Dec. 19 to the board of councilors for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.