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The United States District Court of the Southern District of California in San Diego has awarded Medtronic $101.2 million in damages as a result of the patent dispute between Medtronic and NuVasive, according to a Medtronic news release.

Here are six points on building strong leadership at orthopedic practices.

A former patient of spine surgeon Howard An, MD, has made a gift to fund his research on spinal degeneration, according to a release from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

James Long, MD, a plastic surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a team of medical professionals succeeded in transplanting a patient's toe to replace his thumb that was lost in a car accident, according to a Newswise…

Kevin Thompson, MD, a sports medicine specialist, will open an office at Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis, Ala., according to a Demopolis Times report.

Benjamin Thompson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a professional interest in sports-related injuries, recently joined the orthopedic department at Milton (Mass.) Hospital, according to a Milton Patch report.

The Hospital for Joint Diseases at NYU Langone Medical Center recently established the Joint Preservation Center of New York, representing a new type of program that uses multidisciplinary clinical research and expertise spanning the medical center to identify individualized treatment…

Here is a list of 10 spine surgeons who are leaders in complex spinal deformity.

Here are the responses from seven orthopedic surgeons and industry members to the question: How are baby boomers revolutionizing orthopedics?

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society made three recommendations, including the support of a patient identity solution, to Congress during National Health IT Week last week, according to a HIMSS report.