Kingsley R. Chin, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and founder of the Institute for Modern & Innovative Spine Surgery in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He is currently an affiliate associate professor at the Charles E. Schmidt School of Medicine at Boca Raton-based Florida Atlantic University. He is a former chair of spine surgery of the department of orthopedics at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in Philadelphia.

The Florida Pain Network announced that Community Wellness Center of SW Florida in Lehigh Acres, Fla., has joined the network.

Orlando, Fla.-based Orchid Medical has named William R. Kennedy, MD, of Kennedy-White Orthopedic Center in Sarasota, Fla., medical director of Orchid Medical's Surgical Cost Containment Program.

Tampa, Fla.-based Padgett Medical Center announced the opening of The New Pain Center in Ocala (Fla.) – Padgett Medical Center.

SRS, an electronic health record technology provider, announced that Advanced Orthopedic Center in Port Charlotte, Fla., has selected SRS as its EHR solution provider.  

Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine/Pain Management in Bradenton, Fla., has announced the launch of its comprehensive concussion program, according to a Herald-Tribune report.

City commissioners in Fort Meade, Fla., have approved an emergency ordinance that will not allow pain clinics to be established in the city, according to a report by The Ledger.

Ara Deukmedjian, MD, is the CEO and medical director of Deuk Spine Institute in Melbourne, Fla. He is a neuro-spine surgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine in Orlando. He is also a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the surgery department chair at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Fla.

Prospira PainCare in Mountain View, Calif., announced that it has acquired National Pain Institute, a pain management provider in Florida.

City planners in Venice, Fla., are not only planning to adopt new regulations for pain clinics but may also add an expiration date so that the city council will revisit the law in a few years, according to a Herald-Tribune article.