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Jackson, Wyo.-based system St. John’s Health has become a majority owner of Teton Sports & Spine Imaging, also based in Jackson, according to a May 31 report from Jackson Hole News & Guide. Teton ...
Frank Phillips, MD, has been a proponent of minimally invasive spine surgery for decades and is director of minimally invasive spine surgery at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago. Dr. Phillips ...
Vishal Mehta, MD, serves as president and managing partner of Fox Valley Orthopaedic Institute in Geneva, Ill. He is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and ...
All criminal charges against Kingsley Chin, MD, and his company SpineFrontier were dismissed. The move stems from a 2016 case after three whistleblowers triggered a civil inquiry into Dr. Chin and the ...
Tifton, Ga.-based Southwell Medical’s surgery center in Adel, Ga., has become the first hospital in the state to be accredited as a center of excellence in orthopedic surgery by the Surgical Review ...
The overall rate of private practice ownership continues to decline, but most orthopedic surgeons continue to work in independent settings, according to the American Medical Association’s Physician ...
Mohamad Bydon, MD, is the incoming chair of neurosurgery at UChicago Medicine. He was named to the inaugural role in February and will step into the role July 1. Currently he’s a neurosurgeon at ...
Regional Hospital has become the first facility in the region to add Velys robotic-assisted surgery for total knee replacements. Procedures with the robot, which was introduced in November, are ...
From acquisitions to FDA nods, here are 11 recent updates from Stryker. 1. Stryker CFO Glenn Boehnlein is retiring, and Preston Wells will succeed him as vice president and CFO. 2. Stryker ...
Avant-garde Health has released its 2025 “Healthcare Research All-Stars” report, honoring the top 5% of America’s physicians and hospitals based on volume of research. The report recognized eight ...
Orthopedic surgery was the second most common specialty for physician associates to practice in 2024, according to the American Academy of Physicians Associates’ “AAPA 2025 Salary Report.” During 2024 ...
UC Irvine Department of Neurological Surgery’s former chair, Mark Linskey, MD, has been awarded $5.8 million in a retaliation lawsuit against the university medical center, according to a May 24 ...