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Revenues from Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system could reach $1.5 billion by 2021, according to a Trefis market research report.

After residents filed a lawsuit to prevent Akron, Ohio-based Crystal Clinic's proposed 160,000-square-foot, $70 million orthopedic clinic, the orthopedic group is seeking approval for a backup site, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

Christine Hammer, MD, will join Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health when she completes her spine fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine this month.

Zachary Tempel, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine. He specializes in complex spinal disorders, spine tumors, minimally invasive techniques and spine revision surgeries among others.

The Connecticut Hospital Association honored Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital with the 2019 John D. Thompson Award for Excellence in the Delivery of Healthcare Through the Use of Data on June 20.

Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia plans to transfer most of its residency and fellowship programs from Hahnemann/Drexel University College of Medicine — including orthopedics and neurosurgery — to West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Researchers from RMIT University's Advanced Manufacturing Precinct in Melbourne, Australia, are using 3D printing for bone replacements after they developed the country's first 3D printed spinal implant, which was successfully used in a 2015 procedure, reports OpenGov Asia.

With practice administrator Tom Steltenkamp planning to retire within five years, Ellis & Badenhausen Orthopaedics named a new executive director.

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and recent Relative Value Scale Update Committee recommendations "significantly" overestimate hip and knee replacement operating times, according to a 2019 study published in HealthAffairs.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Erdin III, MD, joined Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston, W.Va., according to WVNews.