Freddie Fu, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, was recently awarded the Sports Leadership Award from the 76th Dapper Dan Dinner & Sports Auction, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
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Spine recently named spine surgeons Scott Boden, MD, and Daryl Fourney, MD, reviewers of the year for completing the best reviews for the journal in 2011.
Here are 14 executive moves from spine device companies in 2011.
Synthes, a Swiss spine device company currently in the middle of being acquired by Johnson & Johnson, recently filed suit against three former sales representatives and Stryker for breaching company loyalty, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.
Symmetry Medical, a Warsaw, Ind.-based orthopedic device company, recently closed on its acquisition of the surgical implants business Codman & Shurtleff, according to a Symmetry news release.
James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., recently performed knee surgery on Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, according to a Minneapolis Star report.
Allen Schlein, MD, a Connecticut-based orthopedic surgeon, was recently awarded more than $2 million from Orthopedic Systems for lost royalties on a device for shoulder surgery, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Five pain management physicians discuss what technology or practice management tool will be essential for practices to adopt in 2012.
Last week, the FDA announced a new Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for transmucosal fentanyl products that places the same regulations on BioDelivery Sciences International's Pain Relief Patch Onsolis as on other similar drugs, according to a news release.
The Institute of Medicine report, "Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Treatment and Research," outlines guidelines for data collection, medical education and inclusiveness in the field of pain management and will start being implemented this year, according…