Stephen Parazin, MD, is the chief of spine surgery at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He is an assistant clinical professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery…
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Neuros Medical, a medical device company in Willoughby, Ohio, announced the completion of its implantable generator for use in chronic pain applications, according to a Fort Mill Times report.
NeuroMetrix in Waltham, Mass., announced that it has initiated a commercial shipment of its SENSUS Pain Management System, which received FDA approval in November 2011.
Before jumping on the hospital employment bandwagon, spine surgeons must consider all aspects of the contract before signing on the bottom line. If the conditions are right, spine surgeons could benefit from hospital employment; however, in many occasions they can…
NUI Galway, an orthopedic device developer, has released its OsteoAnchor Technology for hip and knee replacements, according to Health Canal.
Paradigm Spine's Coflex interlaminar technology will now be covered by Medicare in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, according to International Business Times.
The North American Spine Society's membership reached 8,000 after neurosurgeon Douglas Fox, MD, joined the organization.
The Health Resources and Services Administration plans to provide $1.9 million in funding for a network of telehealth resource centers, according to a mHIMSS report.
No new consumer-governed Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans will be federally funded in the 26 states still applying for startup capital loans after Congress cut the remaining $1.4 billion from the budget in Tuesday's hurried deal to avert the sequestration…
Robert L. Satcher Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon and former NASA astronaut, will be featured at the Medical College of Wisconsin's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, according to a report from Wauwatosa Now.