Todd Kuether, MD, co-chair of neurosurgery at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, recently opened a new office in Tualatin, Ore., according to a Benzinga news report.
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Alphatec Holdings has commented on a Food and Drug Administration letter sent to Parcell Laboratories regarding Alphatec Spine's PureGen Osteoprogenitor Cell Allograft, according to a company news release.
William L. Tontz, Jr., MD, a spine surgeon, recently joined Sarasota, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine | Pain Management, according to a practice news release.
According to a report from The Plain Dealer, Englok Yap, MD, a pain specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, has joined Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
Paul A. Anderson, MD (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Dr. Anderson is a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Wisconsin and a member of SAS-International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. He has a professional interest in complex…
A growing number of joint replacement surgeons are beginning to perform hip replacement surgery using an anterior approach instead of the traditional posterior approach because of the benefits it has for the patient as well as the provider. It can…
1. Keep track of patients who haven't paid. With an increase in high deductible plans and general economic challenges, more patients are having their bills sent to collections, and this will often lead a practice to eventually write-off unpaid co-pays…
1. Neurosurgeons received more compensation. Overall, neurosurgeons received compensation of $6,845 more than spine surgeons in 2010, according to VMG's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data. Neurosurgeons were compensated at $767,627 on average while spine…
There are several factors that could play a role in intervertebral disc degeneration, including sagittal alignment, facet joint arthritis and genetics, according to a study published in Spine.
Matt Daggy, MD, a sports medicine physician, recently joined McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Ohio, according to a report from The Oxford Press.