The U.S. is projected to have only 88% of the orthopedic surgeons it needs by 2038, as an aging population drives up demand and the workforce shrinks. Here are nine numbers that outline the shortage: ...
Cerapedics received Medicare new technology add-on payment status for its PearlMatrix P-15 Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft, effective Oct. 1. The CMS designation applies to eligible Medicare beneficiaries ...
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has opened the $120 million Debra H. and Robert J. Patrick Neuroscience Institute, a 132,000-square-foot facility bringing neuroscience services together in one ...
Xenix Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance to add its NanoACTIV Surface Technology to the screw shanks of its Riva modular pedicle screw system. NanoACTIV is a proprietary surface modification ...
Spine surgeons have more ways than ever to avoid a fusion. Farah Musharbash, MD, also sees what happens when they try too hard. In his revision practice, Dr. Musharbash encounters patients whose ...
Wallingford, Conn.-based Comprehensive Orthopedics & Musculoskeletal Care has provided notice of data breach impacting more than 21,000 patients.  On Feb. 12, 2026, the practice became aware of ...
For generations, the path to becoming a spine surgeon began with a choice: orthopedics or neurosurgery. Jeffrey Mullin, MD, a neurosurgeon at Williamsville, N.Y.-based University at Buffalo ...
The American Joint Replacement Registry became the first registry to accept patient data through Epic’s Community Registries framework, allowing participating hospitals to automate the submission of ...
Smaller incisions do not necessarily make for better surgery. That distinction matters to Bonnie Chien, MD, as foot and ankle surgery moves toward less-invasive techniques and surgeons encounter a ...
The University of California San Diego in La Jolla received $5 million from an anonymous donor to support research and treatment for spinal cord and neurological injuries. The funding supported the ...
Timothy Dooley, MD, of Reno, Nev.,-based Great Basin Orthopaedics, became the first surgeon in Northern Nevada to perform a joint replacement procedure using the Touch CMC 1 prosthesis. The procedure ...
Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute named Harel Deutsch, MD, director of spine surgery. Dr. Deutsch specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, motion preservation surgery and the ...