Spine

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health announced that Maralyn Spittler has been named director of quality improvement at the Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Center at Buffalo General Medical Center.

Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Medical Associates announced the addition of James Metcalf, MD, to Progressive Neurosurgery of CMA in Ithaca, through a regional neuromedicine initiative with the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, according to a report by The Lansing Star.

The Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, Ga., announced that it has added Betsy H. Grunch, MD, to its medical staff.

The Sunshine Act has gone into effect, which means device companies will report on gifts and compensation individual physicians receive on a public website to launch September 2014, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Sonoran Spine Center locations in Arizona are collecting shoes for children in need, according to a report by The Glendale Star.

Here are seven orthopedic and spine device that recently received FDA approval or were recently launched.

San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, N.M., announced the establishment of a neuro-spine program, headquartered at San Juan Health Partners Neurosciences in Farmington.

David Roye, MD, St. Giles Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia University, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Director of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York and Executive Medical Director of the Columbia…

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013.

Michael Port, MD, medical director and anesthesiologist at DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., discusses eight ways ambulatory spine practices can manage conflicts successfully.