Andrew Fanous, MD, section chief of neurosurgery at Inova Alexandria Hospital and the medical director of spine at Inova Eastern Region. His special interests are in minimally invasive spine surgery and spine and brain tumors. He is from Alexandria, Egypt,…
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Intermountain Health St. George (Utah) Regional Hospital has become the first facility in the region to add Velys robotic-assisted surgery for total knee replacements. Procedures with the robot, which was introduced in November, are performed at Intermountain Health’s Southwest Orthopedics…
Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Surgery Center is preparing for its first Florida ASC with spine surgeon Jason Cuellar, MD, PhD. Dr. Cuellar’s involvement has been a couple years in the making through his connections with Michael Bailey, vice president of…
OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital surgeon James Miller, DO, completed his 1,000th surgery using Stryker’s Mako robot, according to a May 28 news release from the health system. He achieved the milestone as the hospital added a second Mako robot. It…
Brandon Hirsch, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at DISC Sports and Spine Center in Newport Beach, Calif. He first joined DISC in November, along with seven other orthopedic and spine specialists. He specializes in the minimally invasive treatment of…
Shriners Children’s has partnered with Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health to open a pediatric orthopedic outreach clinic in Champaign, Ill., according to a May 27 report from WAND News. Physicians from both Shriners Children’s St. Louis and Chicago will provide care…
Steven Shin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand and upper limb injuries, has operated on Denver Nuggets point guard Russell Westbrook, according to a May 27 report from Fox Sports. Mr. Westbrook underwent right-hand surgery to fix multiple ligament…
Xtant Medical launched OsteoFactorPro, a naturally derived, growth factor-rich formulation for spine and orthopedics. OsteoFactorPro is designed to enhances the biologic activity and regenerative potential of any orthobiologic scaffold, according to a May 28 news release. It’s an off-the-shelf product…
Lutheran Home, part of nonprofit Lutheran Life Communities, has opened a spine and joint clinic on its Arlington Heights, Ill.-based campus. The clinic, housed within a senior living community, will open in June and offer evaluations and treatments for musculoskeletal…
Here are 10 key developments from Zimmer Biomet so far in 2025. 1. The company entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Paragon 28, a medical device company focused exclusively on foot-and-ankle orthopedics. 2. John Sperling, MD, of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic performed the…