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Sukdeb Datta, MD, is an interventional pain management specialist and founder of Datta Endoscopic Back Surgery and Pain Center in New York City. He also serves as a professional lecturer at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

Tampa, Fla.-based St. Joseph's Hospital launched a robotic spine surgery program for pediatric and adult patients.

John Chi, MD, director of neurosurgical spinal oncology at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital, presented the 12-month outcomes data from Spineology's SCOUT clinical trial at the 2018 North American Spine Society Meeting in Los Angeles, Sept. 26-29.

NFL Hall-of-Famer Joe DeLamielleure volunteered to participate in a series of Quadrant Biosciences studies that use saliva as concussion diagnostic material, CBS New York reports.

VX Sport's GPS and heart monitoring system VX Log is helping to prevent injuries among Baltimore-based Loyola University Maryland student athletes, according to SentinelSource.com.

Low back pain patients who receive an early MRI scan accrued $2,500 more in Medicare expenditures than more conservatively managed patients, according to a study in The American Journal of Managed Care.

Arvind Dubey, MD, implanted his 1,000th level of Centinel Spine's STALIF C-Ti Anterior Cervical Integrated Interbody device at the Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, Australia.

Stryker received FDA 510(k) clearance for its SpineJack Implantable Fracture Reduction System.

Zeiss Meditec launched the Tivato 700 for minimally invasive spine surgery at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, Sept. 26-29.

James Andrews, MD, will perform season-ending Tommy John surgery on Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Edgar Santana's right elbow, MLB.com reports.