Around 500 orthopedic surgeons from the United States traveled to Haiti in 2010 to help treat victims of the earthquake, which has prompted several discussions on further organization of disaster relief volunteers for orthopedic care, according to an American Academy…
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The National Institutes of Health announced the members of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee, which was created by a directive from Congress through the Affordable Care Act, according to a NIH news release.
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and the Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers; medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.); and associate…
The American Medical Association's Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee — the group that makes influential decisions in how physicians are paid by Medicare — has added two spots to represent primary care physicians more, according to an American…
There are several exciting research projects going on right now in sports medicine. Brian Cole, MD, head of the Cartilage Restoration Center at Rush in Chicago and team physician for the Chicago Bulls and co-team physician for the Chicago White…
American Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine in Carlsbad, Calif., in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente and the University of California, San Diego, recently identified a model to assess a patients' risk of knee dislocation, according to a practice news release.
Eric MacLeod, MD, a sports medicine physician, was recognized by the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy for a new procedure for hip preservation, according to a Rome News-Tribune report.
Orthofix recently announced the resolution of several legal matters, including those associated with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, according to a company news release.
The FDA approved Medasys' Prometra programmable implantable drug pump for the intraspinal delivery of INFUMORPH, a preservative-free morphine sulfate sterile solution, for the management of pain, according to a news release.
The Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons has recognized Theodore Parsons III, MD, with the Colonel Brian Allgood Memorial Leadership Award, according to a Crains Detroit report.