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Adam Kanter, MD, was named executive medical director of Hoag's Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute in Newport Beach, Calif.
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Spine surgeon Ryan Godinsky, MD, has joined Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine to treat patients at Mayfield's Springboro, Ohio, office, which will open later this spring.
Bruno Gobbato, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Jaraguá Hospital in Brazil, has become the first surgeon in the country to use the Apple Vision Pro during a shoulder arthroscopy, according to an April 19 report from 9to5Mac.
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Tensions are rising after Santa Fe, N.M.-based Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center revoked privileges for two orthopedic physicians and three pain specialists with Santa Fe-based Nexus Health, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported April 20.
Los Angeles County's Harbor-UCLA Medical Center fired an orthopedic surgeon accused of misconduct and failure to disclose medical device payments, The Daily Bruin reported April 21.
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