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Daniel Judd, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at St. Luke's Clinic-Sun Valley Sports Medicine in Ketchum, Idaho, will lead a volunteer medical trip to Haiti, according to an Idaho Mountain Express report.

Matt Snyder, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Fort Wayne Orthopedics, will perform hip surgery on Fort Wayne Komets goalkeeper Nick Boucher, according to a News-Sentinel report.

Colonial Orthopaedics, based in Colonial Heights, Va., will hold a six-week program with the Virginia State University women's basketball team to focus on knee injuries, according to a Village News report.

Ophthalmic surgery centers often depend heavily on Medicare reimbursement due to the age of their clientele, meaning administrators must work particularly hard to cut costs to make up for low payment rates. Here Kathy Stout, RN, administrator of The Eye…

Cabot Hyde, partner at Waller Law, discusses the essentials of surgery center partnership and alignment opportunities with hospitals.

Scott Glaser, MD, is a director on the national board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, where he has also served as vice president. He is heavily involved with the group's lobbying and advocacy efforts for the practice…

The American Society of Pain Educators awarded Angela Huskey, PharmD, CPE, Industry Pain Educator of the Year in 2012.

Barriers still remain to pain management for pediatric patients with chronic and acute pain, according to a symposium at PAINWeek 2012.

In the era of healthcare acquisitions and mergers, more surgery centers are choosing to partner with a management company to cut costs, increase profits and take some administrative burden off staff members. A management company can be a valuable ally…

Miami Marlins relief pitcher Juan Carlos Oviedo underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, according to a Sun Sentinel report.