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This article was written by Blair Rhode, MD, Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon and owner, RoG Sports Medicine"Doctors have less and less authority today, it continues to be taken away... yet they have more and more responsibility."— Lanny Johnson, MD
RoG Sports Medicine, an Orland Park, Ill.-based orthopedic implant company, recently received FDA clearance for its RoG Suture Anchor made of Zeniva polyetheretherketone, according to a Solvay Advanced Polymers news release.
Walter Virkus, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently expanded his practice into the western suburbs of Chicago, according to a MOR news release.
Daniel J. Berry, MD, president of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, recently released a statement regarding Congress' inability to fix Medicare's sustainable growth rate, according to an AAOS news release.
Joel B. Nilsson, MD, hand and upper extremity surgeon, recently joined The Orthopaedic and Spine Institute of San Antonio, according to a practice news release.