Bret Schwartzhoff was named senior vice president of sales and marketing at Maruho Medical.

Frederick Buechel Jr., MD, was appointed director of robotic-assisted knee surgery at New York City-based Lenox Hill Hospital.

Urmil Gupta, wife of late neurosurgeon Surinder Gupta, MD, donated $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock to create an award for neurosurgery residents in her husband's honor. 

Soaring inflation, a rising physician shortage and workers leaving the healthcare industry because of the COVID-19 pandemic are some of the factors making it difficult for orthopedic groups, hospitals and ASCs to recruit and retain top-tier clinical and administrative talent.

The University of Akron (Ohio) and Akron Children's Hospital have partnered to make Akron Children's the university's exclusive sports medicine provider, the Akron Beacon Journal reported July 28. 

Wilson Asfora, MD, a former neurosurgeon with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, was reprimanded by the state medical board for failing to disclose his medical license renewal was denied in Florida, the Argus Leader reported July 27.

Zimmer Biomet and New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery have inked a three-year deal to create the HSS/Zimmer Biomet Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence in Robotic Joint Replacement.

Just over halfway through 2022, orthopedic surgeons are thinking ahead about what they want to achieve by the end of the year.

Physicians have employed Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS robot in Sydney, Australia for the first time.

Here are six things to know about Texas Back Institute, based in Plano:

Here are five things to know about Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, based in Des Plaines:

Anika Therapeutics earned the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine's ACE award for cutting-edge innovation for its Tactoset product.

Five orthopedic surgeons are part of a new regenerative medicine scientific advisory board for Mimedx.

Centinel Spine's latest product launch and four more updates from spine and orthopedic medtech companies since July 20:

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush has been named the top orthopedic program in Illinois on U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 list. 

Toufic Jildeh, MD, has joined the team of surgeons at East Lansing, Mich.-based MSU Health Care, where he will continue his research in eliminating opioid use during recoveries. 

Stryker posted increased second-quarter sales and year-over-year growth across all business segments, according to July 26 financial results.

A Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based neurosurgeon and his then-fiancee who were fined nearly $5.5 million in a kickback case will face a new False Claims Act trial after the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Missouri ruled the jury that awarded damages didn't get full instructions, the Southeast Missourian reported July 27.

Michael Park, MD, PhD, and Rohan Lall, MD, completed the fifth procedure using SynerFuse's spine implant as part of a proof-of-concept study combining spinal fusion with the implant of a neurostimulator.

NuVasive's porous interbody implant and synthetic bone graft substitutes are a cost-effective option for later lumbar interbody fusions, a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery found.