Courtney Vandersloot, guard for the Chicago Sky, has undergone surgery for a torn right anterior cruciate ligament, according to a June 24 report from Athlon Sports. Brian Cole, MD, a sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Rush, performed the…
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Des Moines-based Iowa Ortho plans to open a new medical facility in Waukee, Iowa, according to a June 25 report from Business Record. The planned 15,843-square-foot facility, which has been approved by the city council and planning commission, is expected…
Hospital partnerships come with benefits and tradeoffs for spine surgeons. Knowing how to approach these contracts can help physicians find their best match. Two spine surgeons discuss their strategies. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to…
Ehsan Jazini, MD, of VSI in Reston, Va., is the first in the U.S. to combine Centinel Spine’s Prodisc C-Nova and C-Vivo disc replacement implants. Instead of performing a three-level spinal fusion, Dr. Jazini performed the disc replacements, and the…
Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics is partnering with Dimension Ortho, a company that uses 3D printing for custom bracing and fracture care. Rothman will implement Dimension Ortho’s platform, which provides an alternative to traditional casts and braces, according to a news release.…
SGMC Health in Valdosta, Ga., added neurosurgeon Shahin Etebar, MD, according to a June 24 news release. Dr. Etebar has more than 30 years of experience in spine and neurosurgery, and he has training in minimally invasive surgery, spinal deformity…
A new technology from Ocutrx is transforming how physicians, including spine surgeons, operate. Ocutrx unveiled HemoLucence, a feature of the OR-Bot system that lets surgeons render blood translucent in real time during surgery, according to a June 24 news release.…
Improving patient outcomes isn’t just a clinical issue — it starts with operational decisions. In this session, Cone Health, MaineHealth and Carilion Clinic will share how they’ve redefined OR scheduling, staffing and care coordination to drive measurable improvements in care…
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Vi-Anne Antrum, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Cone Health
Omar Hasan, MD, MPH, FACP
Chief Quality Officer, MaineHealth
Rawle Tony Seupaul, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, Carilion Clinic
Susan Grant, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Chief Clinical Officer, symplr
Burnout, turnover, disengagement — health systems are losing staff before they’ve had a chance to thrive. At OSF HealthCare, leaders realized that traditional onboarding models weren’t enough. So they reimagined the experience. In this exclusive session, OSF’s HR team will…
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Michele Wyss
Director of HR Operations, OSF HealthCare System – Human Resources
Mike Vipond
Head of Healthcare Provider Go-to-Market, ServiceNow
Here are five spine surgeons named to leadership roles since February. 1. UChicago Medicine named Mohamad Bydon, MD, as the inaugural chair of the department of neurological surgery in February, and he will step into the role on July 1. …