John Dietz, MD, chairman of Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital in Indianapolis, discusses four future initiatives for the hospital
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As head team physician for the Cleveland Indians professional baseball team and the Cleveland Browns professional football team, Mark Schickendantz, MD, has treated his fair share of elbow and shoulder problems. He has performed arthroscopic surgery on a number of…
For orthopedic practices in many metropolitan areas, competition for the best physicians and the most patients can be fierce. This is why effective marketing practices are so important for facility directors to grasp. Lester Morales, executive director of Laser Spine…
Physicians at Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics in Exeter, N.H., have affiliated with the New Hampshire NeuroSpine Institute, according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.
Mark W. McFarland, MD, a physician with Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., performed the first outpatient total hip replacement in Virginia at Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital, according to a news release from the center.
Wright Medical Group, an orthopedic medical device company based in Arlington, Tenn., reported net sales totaling $127.7 million during the second quarter of 2010, a 7 percent increase as compared to the net sales of the second quarter 2009, according…
Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, the spine chief at Philadelphia's Rothman Institute, received the 2010 Leon Wiltse Award for excellence in leadership and clinical research by the North American Spine Society, according to a Citybizlist news release.
MAKOplasty Surgical, a medical device company marketing orthopedic technology for minimally invasive orthopedic procedures, announced second quarter 2010 revenue of $10.3 million, a 151 percent increase over the total revenue reported for the second period of 2009, according to a…
Fractures are common among high school athletes and can impair their ability to remain active in sports as well as cause them to incur high medical costs, according to a study published in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
Stacey Berner, MD, became an integral part of the movement toward robotic surgery on July 23 when he became the first physician in the United States to perform specialized robotic hand surgery. Dr. Berner serves as medical director of the…