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Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center added Medtronic's O-arm Mobile Surgical Imaging System to The Minimally Invasive Brain and Spine Center at Mercy.

Healthgrades awarded Miami-based Kendall Regional Medical Center its 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award, Miami's Community Newspapers reports.

Dallas-based Steward Health Care acquired the naming rights for the Wellesley (Mass.) Sports Center, which will provide sports medicine and wellness services, reports The Boston Globe.

Indianapolis-based IU Health appointed Shelly Timmons, MD, PhD, to lead the department of neurosurgery, reports Inside Indiana Business.

Wayne, Pa.-based Penn Orthopaedics of Penn Medicine in Philadelphia and Sellersville, Pa.-based Grand View Health are collaborating to improve access to orthopedic care in Bucks and Montgomery counties, reports Philly Voice. 

Neurosurgeon and former professor of neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia Bruce Northrup, MD, died July 13, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Oncotelic, a subsidiary of Mateon Therapeutics, appointed John Sampson, MD, PhD, to its medical advisory board.

Here are two hospitals expanding spine and neurosurgeon programs.