At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Raqeeb M. Haque, MD, will give a presentation titled "Current Issues in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery."

Howard Levy, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Levy has expertise in knee and shoulder arthroscopy and sports medicine. He is an attending orthopedic surgeon at Beth Israel Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Dr. Levy provides sports medicine consultation for several college level athletic teams and is the founding director of GAME, a non-profit foundation designed to treat student athletes.

Raynham, Mass.-based Mitek Sports Medicine launched the HEALIX 3.4mm Suture Anchor for rotator cuff repair and the double-loaded minimally invasive partial thickness rotator cuff repair system for the HEALIX TRANSTEND Implant System.

Ali Araghi, DO, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Phoenix-based The CORE Institute. He is the associate editor of The Spine Journal and serves on the board of directors for the American Board of Spine Surgery. He is also a member of the North American Spine Society and American Osteopathic Association. He was on the editorial board and president of the spine section of the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics.

Gbolahan Okubadejo, MD, is a spine surgeon at The Institute for Comprehensive Spine Care in Clifton, N.J. He is a member of North American Spine Society and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is affiliated with Englewood (N.J.) Hospital and Medical Center and Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center.

Researchers of Laser Spine Institute, led by medical director Michael Perry, MD, have published a study in the Journal of Orthopaedics on the outcomes of lumbar laminotomy and foraminotomy in lumbar spinal stenosis patients.

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago has announced the opening of the MOR Hand, Wrist & Elbow Institute.

Ross Sherban, MD, performed the first minimally invasive percutaneous pedicle screw surgery with a Texas Diamondback system from Eminent Spine.

Sonoma Orthopedic Products in Santa Rosa, Calif., has developed a new minimally invasive procedure using the previously developed product, Sonoma CRx clavicle nail, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.

Ram Mudiyam, MD, MBA, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif., and Pacifica Orthopedics in Huntington Beach, Calif. He is diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and a member of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is also vice chairman of the department of surgery at Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital.