Critical Care Assessment, a health monitoring equipment company, announced the addition of Ronald N. Parris, MD, a pain management specialist, to the team as medical director.
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1. Focus on quality metrics. An orthopedics department must not only produce excellent outcomes, but it must also be able to produce tangible evidence of those outcomes. "In today's world, orthopedics departments need to be focused on outcomes and key…
St. Louis-based ulrich medical released the uCerv Interbody System for U.S. markets.
Medtronic has entered into an agreement with Amgen to promote the Prolia device to spine specialists through Medtronic's Interventional Spine division.
Dr. Geier is an orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Charleston, South Carolina. He also serves as chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Wesley Cox, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, recently performed elbow surgery on professional golfer John Daly, according to a Golf Digest report.
On Tuesday, Steven Raikin, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, was scheduled to perform foot surgery on Philadelphia Phillies center fielder Ben Revere, according to a phillyBurbs.com report.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, G-A Lawson-Boucher, MD, will give a presentation titled "Anesthesia Issues; Shorten Your Length of Stay in PACU."
Around 71 percent of orthopedic surgeones are in private practice, according to the 2012 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons census report.
A new study, published in Spine, assessed surgeon exposure to radiation during lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedures.