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Orthopedic surgeon Scott E. Powell, MD, was elected to the MusiCares Board of Directors.

Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio, announced the addition of Sachida Manocha, MD, an interventional pain physician, to its medical staff, according to a report by The Newark Advocate.  

The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Farzad Mostashari, announced that the "Governance Framework for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange" has been released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

The ninth Biennial Congress of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine will be held May 12 to 16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

La Peer Health Systems has announced that Neil Ghodadra, MD, has performed a meniscus at the Beverly Hills, Calif., outpatient center.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Lisa Rock will give a presentation titled "Tough Coding & Billing Issues for Pain Management."

Samuel Cho, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Dr. Cho has expertise in scoliosis surgery, minimally invasive surgery, intervertebral disc biology…

On May 2, Robert Watkins, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and co-director Marina Spine Clinic in Marina del Rey, Calif., performed a successful microscopic lumbar discectomy on Chivas USA goalkeeper Tim Melia.

Rockville, Md.-based National Spine & Pain Center added three board-certified physicians to its practice, which is one of the largest inverventional pain management groups in the nation.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law a bill that aims to regulating pain clinics, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.