St. Jude Medical's Proclaim Elite Spinal Cord Stimulation System received FDA approval. The device is the first recharge-free SCS system in the United States.
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John C. Gensel, PhD, of the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center in Lexington, received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, according to University of Kentucky News.
The multipotent adult progenitor cells used in Athersys' MultiStem cell therapy improved the animals' health after acute rodent spinal cord injury. Athersys is a biotechnology company headquartered in Cleveland.
Blackfoot-based Idaho Doctors' Hospital received Press Ganey's "Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience," according to EastIdahoNews.com. The hospital is owned by Bingham Memorial Hospital, also located in Blackfoot.
The Japanese procedure, superior capsule reconstruction, involves a shorter procedure and recovery time than the traditional irreparable rotator cuff surgery technique, according to Fox News Health.
Larry Pedegana, MD, the former Seattle Mariner's team physician, died of cancer at 74 years old on Nov. 13, according to The Seattle Times. Dr. Pedegana served the team from 1977 through 2006, and was the team's first medical director.…
Thomas E. Lynn, MD, will serve as Frisco, Texas-based Conifer Health Solutions' chief medical officer of the Value-Based Care unit.
Specializing in reconstructive spinal surgery, J. Rush Fisher, MD, serves patients in Newark, Del. He performs cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgeries, treating degenerative, traumatic and oncologic spinal conditions.
To provide specialized sports medicine to young athletes in the Kansas City area, Children's Mercy Kansas City and Sporting Kansas City formed a long-term partnership, according to MLS.
The Alliance for Balanced Pain Management held its second National Summit on ways to increase access to integrated pain management.