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Global medical technology company BD has appointed former Medtronic executive Brooke Story to worldwide president of BD Integrated Diagnostic Solutions, effective April 5. 

Spine surgeon Francis Hornicek, MD, PhD, has been named both the chair of the department of orthopedics at University of Miami Health System and Miller School of Medicine and the director of orthopedic oncology at Miami-based Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Neal ElAttrache, MD, had two operations scheduled for Major League Baseball pitchers a week apart.

Memorial Healthcare System now offers outpatient orthopedic surgery, sports medicine primary care, rehabilitation and physical therapy at the Memorial Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 

A motorized hinge table can improve a spine surgeon's workflow during transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy procedures. In addition to opening the intervertebral space for easier access, the table can also assist surgeons with lordosis correction. 

The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences board of trustees on March 18 gave the green light for an $85 million orthopedic and sports medicine project to be developed in Little Rock, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.

In the past five months, Becker's has covered five orthopedic and sports medicine projects that cost at least $12 million to develop:

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is seeking approval to build a 185,000-square-foot orthopedics and sports medicine center in Little Rock, KATV reports.  

Robert Anderson, MD, surgically repaired D.C. United defender Steven Birnbaum's ankle, the team announced March 15.

Christopher Ahmad, MD, will perform a procedure to remove a bone chip from the left elbow of New York Yankees pitcher Zack Britton, the team announced March 9.