The trial for Dewey C. MacKay, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is accused of prescribing 3.5 million painkillers over a four year period, is set to begin soon, according to a Cache Valley Daily report.
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Ken Chapman, MD, is a pain management physician with The Spine & Pain Institute of New York, in Manhattan and Staten Island. He is board certified in pain management and anesthesiology and serves as the director of pain management at…
The Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center is holding its first annual scientific symposium on July 15 to celebrate orthopedic research, according to a hospital news release.
A U.S. Army task force has recommended shifting from simply dispensing pain medications to using a much wider armamentarium of pain management techniques, according to a report by the Marine Corps Times.
As part of its crackdown on pill mills, Ohio is now requiring physicians engaged in pain treatments to take continuing medical education courses on pain management, according to a report by PainWeek.
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Karl W. Helmold, MD, has joined Lower Bucks Orthopedics in Bristol, Pa., a Lower Bucks Hospital-owned orthopedic practice, according to a Philly Burbs report.
Jacksonville (Ala.) State University, which has previously contracted for team physician services with Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedics based in Birmingham, Ala., has entered into a new five-year contract with Lemak Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, according to an Anniston Star…
Lyle J. Micheli, MD, director of the division of sports medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, received the 2011 Robert E. Leach Mr. Sports Medicine award during the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's annual meeting, according to a hospital news…
Wildwood Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital in Sylvania Township, Ohio, is scheduled to open in early October, according to a Toledo Blade report.
John Bookmyer is CEO of Pain Management Group, a management company in Findlay, Ohio, that operates joint ventures in pain management with seven hospital partners, discusses how partnerships between pain management physicians and hospitals can be successful.