The structure and scope of the healthcare industry continues to change in response to healthcare reform and general market trends. One visible result of these changes is that hospitals are merging and independent practices are being acquired or forming associations…
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Mark R. McLaughlin, MD, held a neurosurgery boot camp for West Point (N.Y.) Army head football coach, Rich Ellerson, and his entire coaching staff at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, N.J., according to a News Transcript report.
Slocum Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Eugene, Ore., announced the addition of Heather A. Campion, MD, to its medical staff.
Lewisville, Texas-based Comprehensive Pain Management Center announced the addition of David M. Keelen, MD, to its medical staff.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Class 1 recall for Stryker Spine's OASYS Midline Occiput Plate.
The National Football League has announced a $765 million settlement in a case brought forth by 4,500 former athletes accusing the league of concealing and overlooking the dangers of concussions and other head injuries.
Providence Hospital Northeast in Columbia, S.C., has been named an Aetna Institute of Quality Orthopedic Care for total joint replacement surgery, according to a Columbia Star report.
James Ward, MD, sports medicine physician, has joined the Blue Ridge Orthopaedic and Spine Center in Warrenton, Va., according to a Fauquier NOW report.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, industry experts will speak on a keynote panel titled "ASCs 2013 and 2014 – Where Does the Industry Stand? Where Are the Great Opportunities?"
Here are five spine surgeons' thoughts on big topics and trends in the spine field today.