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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute is opening a practice in Hunter’s Creek, Fla. The new location has four physicians, 15 exam rooms, a walk-in clinic and will open in July, according to a June 2 news ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eric Mancini, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery at Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health. Dr. Mancini, a specialist in sports medicine and complex shoulder reconstructions ...

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 ...

Staffing shortages are a pressing issue for all physician specialists, but they impact certain specialties in different ways. For orthopedic surgeons, backups in ORs caused by other, emergent ...