Amit Y. Schwartz, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at New York City-based Maimonides Spine Center.
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Nanosurface technology company Titan Spine appointed Brian Burke COO, The Daily Times reports.
A retired orthopedic surgeon based in Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and unlawfully dispensing pain medications, WJAC TV reports.
Onkos Surgical is working with Insight Medical Systems to use their ARVIS (Augmented Reality Visualization and Information System) in tumor surgery and musculoskeletal oncology.
UnitedHealthcare issued a new positive medical policy for lumbar total disc replacement, covering single-level procedures for patients with degenerative disc disease.
The under-diagnosis of and limited treatment options for patients with vertebral compression fractures (VCF) can contribute to poor outcomes among VCF patients, opioid reliance and added cost to the healthcare system. Vertebral compression fractures often occur among adults with osteoporosis…
Spine surgeons are more likely to receive favorable online reviews for factors related to outcomes, physician likeability and character, according to an observational study in Spine.
Orthopedic surgeons Arthur Strahan, MD, and Douglas Duncan, MD, are now seeing patients at Christus Trinity Clinic in Marshall, Texas, The Marshall News Messenger reports.
The rise of value-based care is placing additional economic pressure on surgeons to deliver the highest standard of treatment for less. Medicrea is focusing its efforts on integrating predictive analytics into a system that actively drives preoperative planning, intraoperative confirmation…
Surgeons are accustomed, in various degrees, to identifying a plan of action for their surgeries. However, there has never been a way to physically manifest the preoperative planning in the operating room, until now.