A. Nick Shamie, MD, a spine surgeon with UCLA Spine Center and president of the American College of Spine Surgery, recently gave a presentation on minimally invasive spine surgery at Zhejiang University in China.
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John Kirkpatrick, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. He is also a professor and chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Jacksonville College of Medicine.
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Minnesota Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken are fighting the medical device tax mandated by healthcare reform, according to the Star Tribune.
Houston Orthopedic & Spine Hospital is honoring Richard Francis, MD, for performing his 100th robotic-guided spine surgery with the Renaissance system by Mazor Robotics.
NY SportsMed in New York, welcomes Suzanne Gutiérrez Teissonniere, MD, to its staff.
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