Aetna has named MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland, an Aetna Institute of Quality Orthopedic Care Facility in the areas of spine surgery and joint replacement, according to a mLIVE report.

Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Holdings plans to cut jobs from its workforce, according to WISHTV.

The Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., has joined a clinical trial examining the efficacy of facet joint replacement as a treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a report by The Creative Coast.

Leesburg, Va.-based K2M promoted Gianluca Iasci to serve as its executive vice president of global sales.

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, May 9, 2013.

Vincent Wang, MD, an expert in complex spine surgery and neurocritcal care, has joined Texas Spine & Neurosurgery Center in Sugar Land.

New York City-based Paradigm Spine launched its coflex Solution website, a patient-centered site with information on lumbar spinal stenosis and both surgical and non-surgical treatment options.

On May 7, Behrooz Akbarnia, MD, led a team of surgeons at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego in performing two pediatric surgeries with Ellipse Technologies' MAGnetic Expansion Control System.

The Department of Defense has awarded the University of California, San Diego and Vital Imaging a second grant to continue a research project examining how body armor and assault packs carried by the U.S. Marines affect the spine.

Daniel Resnick, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in spine surgery. He serves on the North American Spine Society's board of directors as the research council director. Dr. Resnick has been a member of the organization since 1999 and co-chairs the lumbar fusion task force.