Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., has opened their nearly 20,000-square-foot Sports Medicine Institute, the final step in Marshall's Chris Cline Athletic Complex, according to the Charleston Daily Mail.
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Bradley Weiner, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon practicing at Houston Methodist in Texas. He specializes in complex surgeries of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines in additional to being a recognized leader in spinal microsurgery.
Edward Fehringer, MD, of Columbus Orthopedic and Sports Medicine in Nebraska and a team of surgeons devised a shoulder replacement prosthesis called the Tornier Simpliciti Shoulder System, according to the Daily Journal.
Daniel Ivankovich, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Chicago, was named a 2015 CNN Hero.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons honored the South Dakota State Orthopedic Society with the 2015 State Orthopaedic Achievement Award, according to an AAOS Now report.
A new article published in Spine examines the factors impacting 30-day perioperative outcomes for spinal fusion by specialty using the NSQIP database.