Thomas Byrd, MD, performed hip surgery on Oakland A's first baseman and outfielder Brandon Moss, according to an SF Gate report.
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The Food and Drug Administration granted 40 spine- and orthopedic-related device clearances in October.
The Federal Trade Commission cleared Medtronic to merge with Covidien, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Healthcare is increasingly moving toward value-based care and there are several opportunities within the spine arena to create additional value.
Freehold, N.J.-based Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute added Jessica Arias Garau, MD, a pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, to its physician team.
The national density of orthopedic surgeons is 8.72 per 100,000 people, according to the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2012 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census.
Frederick, Md.-based American Spine is launching plasma rich platelet therapy and stem cell therapy treatments as part of its regenerative medicine program.
Chadi Yaacoub, MD, FIPP, of Elgin-based Illinois Pain Institute has passed the Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice examination.
Alphatec Spine appointed Tom C. Davis to its board of directors.
Interventional Spine received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Lateral Opticage Expandable Intervertebral Body Fusion Device.