Alan Boulos, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon, has been elected to the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Boulos is the chief of the neurosurgery division at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center.
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James Andrews, MD, will perform elbow surgery later this month on pitcher Matt Harvey of the New York Mets.
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Spine Wave announced it will implement the iTraycer from Medical Tracking Solutions, which provides medical device-focused inventory management.
A new study published in Spine examines how the X-Stop interspinous distraction device could fail.
Dixie Regional Medical Center plans to open the Southern Neurosciences Institute in St. George, Utah, next week, according to a report from The Spectrum.
Lanx plans to host a presentation for the use of its lateral interbody fusion and fixation system featuring Ryan DenHaese, MD, of Buffalo Spine Surgery in Lockport, N.Y., at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting this week.
SpineGuard plans to launch two new PediGuard products this week: XS Classic PediGuard and XS Curved PediGuard.
Contractors processed 2.9 million redeterminations involving 3.7 million claims for Medicare Parts A and B in 2012, a 33 percent increase compared with 2008, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.