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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's medical device tax failed to bring in the $1.2 billion the Internal Revenue Service expected during the during second and third quarters of fiscal year 2013, a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration…

York, Pa.-based Martin Foot and Ankle adds Brad Boyer, DPM, to its physician team, according to a report by The Evening Sun.

Ziya Gokaslan, MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore). Dr. Gokaslan is a professor of neurological surgery, orthopedic surgery and oncology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is also director of the Neurosurgical Spine Center and vice-chairman of neurosurgery at Johns…

William Watters III, MD (Bone and Joint Clinic of Houston). Dr. Watters is president of the North American Spine Society as well as clinical associate professor for the departments of orthopedic surgery at both the University of Texas Medical Branch…

William Tobler, MD (The Christ Hospital Network, Cincinnati). Dr. Tobler serves as chairman of the board of managers at The Christ Hospital Spine Surgery Center in Cincinnati. In addition, he practices with Mayfield Clinic, Cincinnati, and is a Professor in…

William Taylor, MD (University of California San Diego). Dr. Taylor is the director of spine surgery as well as vice chairman of the division of neurological surgery at the University of California San Diego. He is a former president of…

Steven Garfin, MD (UC San Diego School of Medicine). Dr. Garfin is the chair of orthopedic surgery and a distinguished professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He has been president of the International Society for the Advancement of…

Stephen Hochschuler, MD (Texas Back Institute, Plano). Texas Back Institute was among the first private practices focused on spine surgery founded in the United States with a concurrent mission of educating future surgeons. Dr. Hochschuler, along with Ralph Rashbaum, MD,…

Stephen Courtney, MD (Plano Orthopedic Medicine & Spine Center, Plano, Texas). Dr. Courtney founded the spine division at Plano Orthopedic Sports Medicine and Spine Center. He has practiced medicine in Plano since 1995 and co-founded Eminent Spine, a unique device…