On May 7, Behrooz Akbarnia, MD, led a team of surgeons at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego in performing two pediatric surgeries with Ellipse Technologies' MAGnetic Expansion Control System.
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The Department of Defense has awarded the University of California, San Diego and Vital Imaging a second grant to continue a research project examining how body armor and assault packs carried by the U.S. Marines affect the spine.
A multicenter retrospective review of pediatric patients who underwent spinal instrumentation to correct scoliosis published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery examined the surgical site infection rate for different etiologies.
Daniel Resnick, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in spine surgery. He serves on the North American Spine Society's board of directors as the research council director. Dr. Resnick has been a member of the organization since 1999 and…
Hooman Melamed, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon. He practices at DISC Sports and Spine Center, with offices in Marina del Rey and Beverly Hills, Calif., and serves as an adjunct assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Touro School of…
The number of actively licensed physicians has grown, but those physicians are also growing older, according to a Federation of State Medical Boards report published in the Journal of Medical Regulation.
The Food and Drug Administration granted 19 510(k) clearances in April.
In a recent article published in Spine, 20 ankylosing spondylitis patients were the subjects of prospective study to determine a new technique for finding the required angle for spinal osteotomy.
ThedaCare Orthopedics Plus at ThedaCare Physicians-Shawano (Wis.) announced the addition of Clay Canaday, DO, to its team.
Wausau, Wis.-based The Bone & Joint Center announced the opening of a walk-in clinic at its Wausau location, according to a Central Wisconsin Business report.