A University of California Los Angeles Health orthopedic surgeon is advancing a tendon-sparing approach to shoulder replacement that may significantly reduce recovery time. Ed Cheung, MD, is among a small group of surgeons in the U.S. and Europe performing shoulder…
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The Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic has opened an outpatient orthopedic and spine surgery center in Johnson City, N.Y., expanding access to advanced musculoskeletal care in the area. The Guthrie Broome Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Center is the region’s first facility…
Synergy Spine Solutions earned the FDA’s premarket approval for its Synergy Disc, according to a Feb. 27 news release. The device is approved for 1-level cervical disc replacement at C3 to C7 for patients with degenerative disc disease. Approval is…
More than 153,000 cervical spine procedures have been added to the American Spine Registry from 2015 to 2024, and the majority of them were anterior cervical discectomy and fusions, according to the ASR 2026 report. The report, released Feb. 26, includes…
Medtronic’s spine components have been used in the majority of lumbar and cervical procedures from 2015 to 2024, according to the American Spine Registry’s 2026 Annual Report. The report, released Feb. 26, includes data on spine procedures and outcomes, including…
Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery in Vancouver, Wash. agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to a 2024 data breach, The HIPAA Journal reported Feb. 26. The practice filed a notice of a data breach in…
How addressing unnecessary device alarms and managing them away from the bedside can help patients heal and nurses focus Hospital noise levels have skyrocketed since the 1960s, turning patient rooms — especially at night — into spaces of fragmented sleep…
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Most health care organizations struggle with fragmented systems that make it difficult to share patient information and operate efficiently. Optum Health faced this challenge head-on — transforming dozens of standalone EHR systems into a single enterprise platform. This transformation unified…
Mar 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Jonathan Cooper
Vice President, Provider Technology Consulting, Optum consulting
Lucas Ladden
Vice President, Practice Innovation, Strategy, and Operations, Optum Health
In the first couple of months of 2026, the artificial disc landscape is shaking up with developments in the technology, new adoption and research. 1. Armen Khachatryan, MD, performed the first U.S. case with Dymicron’s Triadyme-C cervical disc replacement implant.…
Omaha, Neb.-based Creighton University School of Medicine has received approval to launch a new orthopedic surgery residency program beginning in summer 2026. The five-year program will begin recruiting through the 2026–2027 National Resident Matching Program cycle. As the second orthopedic…