Haralambos Demetriades, MD, board-certified spine surgeon, has joined the Freehold, N.J., CentraState Medical Center, according to a FreeholdPatch report.

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Fernando Techy, MD, is a spine surgeon at the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute in Morton Grove. He is also an assistant professor of clinical orthopedics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Karl W. Swann, MD, of Neurosurgical Associates of San Antonio, discusses the importance of physician leadership and how surgeons can become politically active today.

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Christopher Kauffman, MD, a fellowship trained spine surgeon, has joined the TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center team in Nashville, Tenn., according to a report by The Tennessean.

Michael McKee, MD, has joined North American Spine in San Antonio as a physician partner, according to the Beaumont Enterprise.

Richard Kube II, MD, performed the first procedure using the coflex Interlaminar Implant in Illinois, as well as the first two level coflex implant, both at the Southern Illinois Surgery Center in Marion, according to The Daily Republican.

Here are five recent financial reports from spine device companies or the spine business lines from orthopedics-focused device companies.

Jens R. Chapman, MD, is the interim chair of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is also holder of the HansJoerg Wyss Endowed Chair of Spine Surgery at the university. He is a part of the spine service faculty at Puget Sound Veterans Administration Medical Center in Seattle.