Here are 12 spine and neurosurgeons who recently joined a new practice or were promoted to a new position.
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At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 28, John C. Steinmann, DO, of Renovis Surgical Technologies, discussed the right and wrong ways to engage in physician-owned distributorships. "Orthopedic surgeons should consider physician-owned distributorships because it…
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has issued a challenge to develop an app that would provide consumers with access to healthcare quality data, according to a RWJF news release.
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 28, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, chairman of the board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, gave a presentation titled "Interventional Pain Management — What the Next Few…
For the past few years, minimally invasive spine surgery has described several different procedures. Professional spine societies are now working to narrow the definition of proven minimally invasive procedures and promoting the education and use of these procedures with appropriately…
Audubon, Pa.-based spinal implant company Globus Medical recently announced it will be highlighting new minimally invasive spine surgery and deformity products at the North American Spine Society annual meeting, according to a Globus news release.
Healthcare delivery is changing and proactive orthopedic groups are taking several steps to meet subsequent challenges head on. "The primary challenge facing orthopedic practices is the level of uncertainty [about the future]," says Bill Champion, founder and president of Orthopaedic…
On-field dizziness assessments can help identify high school athletes who are at risk for protracted recovery to concussions, according to an article published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
George D. Picetti, III, MD, a spine surgeon, recently joined Sutter Neurosciences Medical Group and Sutter Neuroscience Institute at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., according to a Sutter news release.
James Andrews, MD, a sports medicine physician and founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., recently released the results of a study he conducted measuring the effectives of MRI on professional athletes, according to…