The North American Spine Society will sponsor one person to participate in the 2011 Clinician Scholar Development Program, according to a NASS news release.
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Kapil Moza, MD, a neurosurgeon at Thousand Oaks, Calif., was the first neurosurgeon in his area to complete a cervical artificial disc replacement in 2007 and has implanted 10 more since then without complications, according to a MD News report.
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Richard Battista, MD, is the president of OAA Orthopaedic Specialists in Allentown, Pa., and specializes in hand surgery. He previously served as chief of orthopedics and general surgery while stationed at the Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico and…
Jeff Leland is CEO of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. Q: We are an ASC looking to add spine surgery. What spine procedures are typically performed in an ambulatory surgery center? Jeff Leland: Generally speaking, discectomies, decompressions, laminotomies,…
Many of the patients seen at Laser Spine Institute travel from across the country for their surgeries, which means a lot of work must be completed in preparation for their visits. "From a company-wide perspective, we value the importance of…
Spine Surgical Innovation has announced the launching of the Minimal Incision-Maximum Sight (MIMS) Institute.
The following was written by Jason Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, principal of HealthCare Appraisers. The valuation of a physician practice is one of the more difficult tasks faced by business appraisers. With significant regulatory restrictions, lack of definitive direction for…
William Clancy, MD, who founded the sports medicine program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, is returning to the university as a faculty member, according to a university news release.
Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation may be a suitable treatment option for articular cartilage defects in the knee, according to a report published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.