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 ...

Sander Connolly, Jr., MD, is the new president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the organization said May 28. He is chair of neurosurgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and ...

Surgical supply and equipment company MellingMedical has entered an agreement with Joimax, a developer of full-endoscopic and minimally invasive spinal surgery products. MellingMedical is an Small ...

Eugene, Ore.-based Slocum Orthopedics is planning to open a 42,000-square-foot, standalone ASC, according to a May 29 report from Eugene Weekly. Slocum bought six acres in October for the new facility ...

Orthopedic sports medicine fellowship programs with publicly posted DEI statements draw in more women than those without, according to a study presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America ...

Spine devicemaker Accelus closed an equity financing round led by Concord Health Partners. Details about the funding weren’t disclosed in a May 29 news release shared with Becker’s. The capital will ...

John Peloza, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopedic and Spine Specialists in St. Louis. Dr. Peloza specializes in artificial disc replacements, anti-inflammatory injections, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shriners Children’s has partnered with Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health to open a pediatric orthopedic outreach clinic in Champaign, Ill., according to a May 27 report from WAND News. Physicians from ...

Lutheran Home, part of nonprofit Lutheran Life Communities, has opened a spine and joint clinic on its Arlington Heights, Ill.-based campus. The clinic, housed within a senior living community, will ...

Amid surgical advances and increased challenges in spine practices, surgeons discuss the future of the landscape. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the ...