Here are 21 spine and neurosurgeons who joined new practices or added to their titles in October:

Spine and orthopedic experts in October spoke with Becker's about topics from healthcare disruptors to staff retention.

James Hicks, MD, recently joined the Spine Institute team at Baldwin Bone & Joint in Daphne, Ala.

Wayne Weil, MD, has been appointed chief of orthopedic surgery at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., according to an Oct. 27 post on LinkedIn. 

Here are four orthopedic center acquisitions, openings, expansions, affiliations and partnerships in the West that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 3:

Surgeons at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. are using augmented reality to aid in hip replacement procedures, according to an Oct. 26 report ABC7 Eyewitness News.

Healthgrades shared its lists for excellence in specialty care, including orthopedics. Here are the hospitals recognized for orthopedic surgery the last three years in a row:

The annual revenue of Phoenix-based orthopedic management company HOPCo is approaching $1 billion as it continues to grow nationwide with added physicians, health systems and payers, according to an Oct. 26 report from the Phoenix Business Journal.

Baltimore-based Mercy Medical Center orthopedic surgeons Marc Hungerford, MD, and Philip Neubauer, MD, have become two of the first surgeons in the state to offer Zimmer Biomet's PersonaIQ "smart implant" technology for knee replacement surgeries. 

Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center added the ExcelsiusGPS spine robot, according to an Oct. 27 announcement in TapInto.net.

Iowa City, Iowa-based Steindler Orthopedics has filed a motion in court requesting that a judge force Mercy Hospital Iowa City to move forward with a $29 million asset sale following its bankruptcy announcement, alleging that Mercy's delay of the sale is harming hospital operations and scaring away patients and providers, according to an Oct. 26 report from The Gazette.

Eighty-two percent of orthopedic surgeons have been named as a sole or co-defendant in a malpractice lawsuit at some point in their careers, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Malpractice Report," published Oct. 26. 

Phoenix-based OrthoArizona, which employs 70 musculoskeletal specialists, has expanded its total joint service line with the addition of Robert Burnham Jr., MD. 

Here are 10 orthopedic center acquisitions, openings, expansions, affiliations and partnerships in the Midwest that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 6:

Cutting Edge Spine earned its third U.S. patent relative to trabecular screws for all orthopedic fixation, according to an Oct. 26 news release.

Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, and Andrew Sama, MD, are co-chiefs of spine surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. 

Bloomington, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics has opened a 70,000-square-foot campus in Plymouth, Minn. 

Healthgrades has named its top 100 orthopedic and top 100 spine care hospitals for 2024, with just 29 hospitals being named to both lists. 

New Hartford-based Central New York Brain and Spine Neurosurgery has added an Excelsius GPS robot for spine surgery in partnership with Rome (N.Y.) Health, according to an Oct. 25 report from NBC affiliate WKTV.

Foundation Health Partners in Fairbanks, Alaska, will open the FHP Orthopedic & Spine Specialists Nov. 1.