Spine

St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., which performed more than 1,500 spine procedures during the fiscal year of 2012, is launching the Spine Institute of Connecticut, according to Hartford Business report.  

The Pediatric Physician's Organization at Boston Children's Hospital took into consideration the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force's report that routine screening of children for scoliosis is more harmful than beneficial and developed a program to educate physicians about scoliosis and…

Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek, Ohio, which performs orthopedic and spine surgeries, is building on its fourth floor to add 32 private patient rooms, according to a Journal News report.

Minimally invasive spine surgery has been available for several years, but the trend has just begun picking up steam across the country. Many surgeons who learned traditional open surgery are content with those procedures, but more spine fellows are seeking…

Haralambos Demetriades, MD, board-certified spine surgeon, has joined the Freehold, N.J., CentraState Medical Center, according to a FreeholdPatch report.

Hongbo Liu, MD, orthopedic and spinal surgeon, has joined the Orthopaedic & Spine Institute in San Antonio, according to a Chron report.  

The CORE Institute, Phoenix-based orthopedic group, has made its first out of state expansion by joining with the Detroit-based orthopedic group Porretta Center.

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Mark Foster, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has recently joined Brunswick Novant Medical Center in Bolivia, N.C., and has already performed a number of spinal procedures, according to a Star News Online report.

Emerson Hospital has expanded its Westford (Mass.) Rehabilitation Center, including a spine rehabilitation program, to 8,000-square-feet, according to a Lowell Sun report.