The fungal meningitis outbreak is having an impact at interventional pain management clinics across the country, including Compassionate Pain Management in Dover, Del., according to WBOC 16.
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Vishal Sarwahi, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic spine surgeon who focuses on in minimally invasive spine surgery, scoliosis surgery, spine surgery and surgical specialties. He is the chief of scoliosis surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y.
William Dillin, MD, is a spine surgeon at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. Dr. Dillin developed a preliminary visual information system to increase patient safety in the operating room and help surgeons manage the flow of surgery.
Thomas Byrd, MD, of Nashville Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, performed hip debridement surgery on Cleveland Indians first baseman Matt LaPorta, according to a Waiting For Next Year report.
A Delaware chancery court judge has granted NuVasive's motion to review communications between current and former employees with rival device maker Lanx, according to a Mass Device report.
Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialists who recently joined a new practice or hospital. If you would like to announce a surgeon move, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.
Timothy Iorio, MD, has joined SportsMedicine Grant & Orthopaedic Associates in Columbus, Ohio.
Off-label use of bone morphogenetic protein is applied in nearly one in 10 pediatric spinal fusion procedures, according to research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association and reported by MedPage Today.
Communication break downs between primary care physicians and consulting pain management physicians can lead to inadequate and potentially hazardous patient care.
Borgess Orthopedics in Kalamazoo, Mich., has added two physicians.