St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Mont., will renovate and expand its current orthopedic unit to create an $8.2 million Orthopedic Center of Excellence, according to a Billings Gazette report.
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Among collegiate football players, the instances of morphologic abnormalities associated with cam and pincer femoroacetabular impingement are more common than previously thought, according to a study reported in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Kenneth G. Swan, Jr., MD, has joined Raritan Bay Medical Center's Human Motion Institute in Perth Amboy, N.J., according to a report from New Jersey Today.
Marc J. Philippon, managing partner at The Steadman Clinic and director of the Steadman Phillippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., was recently named to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation's board of trustees, according to U.S. Ski Team news…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has established the Alan M. Levine, MD, Education Fund, named for the organization's former chair of the AAOS Council on Education who died suddenly in 2009, according to an AAOS Now report.
Lateral mass fixation can be used safely with a low rate of morbidity for cervical myelopathy treatment, according to a study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.
Ira Guttentag, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for the Tampa Bay Lightning, has performed arthroscopic knee surgery on both knees of Lightning defenseman Mattias Ohlund, according to a report from The Tampa Tribune.
As of Sept. 30, CMS has paid more than $850 million as part of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, according to a news release by the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society.
The Food and Drug Administration granted 25 orthopedic- and spine-related devices 510(k) clearance in September, according to an FDA report.
Spineology, a St. Paul, Minn.-based spine device company, announced the launch of its SOAR Retractor System, according to a Spineology news release.