Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.-based Phelps Hospital, an affiliate of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has tapped Brandon Erickson, MD, as its inaugural chair of the new orthopedic department. Dr. Erickson will also serve as director of orthopedics for Westchester County.…
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WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital has surpassed 2,000 robotic joint replacements, according to a March 12 report from NBC affiliate WVVA. Surgeons at the hospital’s orthopedic center have completed the replacements using Stryker’s Mako robotic system. WVU Medicine was the…
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health’s Pardee Orthopedics and Sports Medicine added four physicians and opened a new office in Asheville, the practice said March 13. The new surgeons are hip and knee replacement surgeon Nic Gay, MD; orthopedic surgeon Angus…
Here are six key updates from spine and orthopedic companies since March 5. 1. Aurora Spine completed enrollment for its Refine study on lumbar interlaminar fusion. 2. Interim data on Spineart’s Baguera-C cervical disc shows the device meets the threshold…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons honored three orthopedic surgeons for their work in the field. Colleen Sabatini, MD, earned the AAOS Humanitarian Award, according to a March 12 news release. She’s a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the University of…
Fort Wayne (Ind.) Orthopedics LLC is suing an orthopedic surgeon alleging he provided care at a competing group after he resigned, The Indiana Lawyer reported March 12. Michael Rosen, DO, entered an employment agreement with Fort Wayne Orthopedics in August…
Annunziato (Ned) Amendola, MD, is the new president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Amendola is chief of sports medicine at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and he served as a vice president for the AAOS in the…
While commercial insurers often use prior authorization as a way to control costs, it does the opposite for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, according to a study presented at the 2025 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in San…
A preclinical study from New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery found that earlier anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction can lead to lower immune cell activity, less inflammation and fewer joint changes associated with knee osteoarthritis. After a knee injury, immune…
House Republicans on March 8 released a funding bill that would let a 2.8% Medicare physician pay cut move forward. The move has concerned many in healthcare who say cuts could hasten hospital and medical practice closures. Five spine surgeons…