Today patients shop around for medical care, especially when it comes to back pain. When patients have a positive experience with a practice or ambulatory surgery center, they are more likely to recommend the facility to their friends and refer…
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Alice Cherqui, MD, a neurosurgeon, recently joined The West Tennessee Neurosciences and Spine Center, according to a report from The Jackson Sun.
Gabe Lewullis, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, has joined Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, according to a Dover Post report.
Positional MRI can play an important role in evaluating patients with spondylolysis and isthmic spondylolisthesis because all three types of instabilities are common and associated with radicular pain, according to a study published in Spine.
Joseph A. Abboud, MD, a shoulder and elbow surgeon, recently joined Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute, according to a practice news release.
Cameron Knight, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined The Jackson (Tenn.) Clinic, according to a report from The Jackson Sun.
After suffering a spinal cord injury in 2004 and diagnosed with quadriplegia, Tim Hemmes has learned to control a robotic arm with his mind, using a system designed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette…
Kaare Kolstad, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Methodist Hospital System, recently performed hip surgery on Houston Dynamo forward Cam Weaver, according to a Sporting News report.
The FDA and CMS have launched a pilot program in which the agencies will conduct parallel and concurrent reviews of medical devices for FDA approval and Medicare coverage, according to an FDA release.
Group Health in Seattle has developed a plan to curb overpresciption of opioids that focuses on physician-patient communication rather than prosecution, a Pain Medicine News report said.