Kenneth Pettine, MD, founder of The Spine Institute and Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center is hosting an event with Paradigm Spine to support spine surgery in ASCs and help further educate surgery center owners.

Jeffrey Garrett, MD, will be joining the staff of North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Ga., as an orthopedic traumatologist, according to Patch.com.

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Randy Viola, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently performed thumb surgery on Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, according to a Vail Daily news report.

Healthcare delivery is changing and proactive orthopedic groups are taking several steps to meet subsequent challenges head on. "The primary challenge facing orthopedic practices is the level of uncertainty [about the future]," says Bill Champion, founder and president of Orthopaedic Marketing Group. "Whether it is federal reimbursements or increased competition from hospital medical groups, most practices at some level are waiting for more clarity. This uncertainty has practices allocating resources to prepare for what they aren't sure is going to happen."

Financial payments from orthopedic device companies to orthopedic surgeons have changed from 2007-2010, potentially due to several factors surrounding financial conflict of interest and disclosures, according to a news release from JAMA/Archives.

Patients with subacromial impingement syndrome may receive better long-term improvement after an NSAID injection than a steroid injection, according to a report in AAOS Now.

Smith & Nephew has named Stéphane Thiroloix president of Europe Advanced Surgical Devices Division, according to a Smith & Nephew news release.

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K2M, a Leesburg, Va.-based spine device company, has named three new members of its international leadership team, according to a K2M news report.