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Board-certified orthopedic surgeon Michael Kang, MD, performed the first total knee replacement surgeries at a freestanding ambulatory surgery center in Long Island, N.Y.
Augmedics developed the augmented reality xvision system for spine surgery navigation.
Edmund Landry, MD, joined Poplar Bluff (Mo.) Regional Medical Center, the Delta Dunkin Democrat reports.
Skagit Regional Health in Mount Vernon, Wash., will offer robotic-assisted surgery beginning in September, according to goskagit.com.
A CT of the chest, abdomen and pelvis — in place of dedicated spine imaging — can detect any injury needing surgical attention, according to a report published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
Dr. Jonathan Hopper joined Vericel Corp., as the company's new CMO.
Molly Weiss, MD, was selected as CMO at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind., according to Inside Indiana Business.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis designed an imaging technique to treat and prevent ulnar collateral ligament tears among baseball pitchers, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch.