Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C., opened an orthopedic and sports medicine clinic as part of its RiseIndoor Sports complex.

United Musculoskeletal Partners, led by Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics CEO Alex Bateman, merged with Dallas-based management services organization Novum Orthopedic Partners.

Novant Health has opened a spine clinic in High Point, N.C., that offers nonsurgical treatments and pain management therapies, the Triad Business Journal reported July 18.

Columbia, S.C.-based Southeastern Orthopedic and Sports Medicine has joined Lexington (S.C.) Medical Center, The Lexington Ledger reported July 18.

Nashville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance is opening a new location in Murfreesboro, Tenn., according to a July 15 news release shared in Rutherford County Source.

Neurosurgeons Timothy Wirt, MD, and Donn Turner, MD, and orthopedic surgeon Douglas Beard, MD, have signed contracts with Phoenix-based Banner Health to move their practices to Banner Health Center, the Loveland Reporter-Herald reported July 15. 

Think Surgical, an orthopedic surgical robot producer, has appointed Chris Fronk as its new chief commercial officer after Mr. Fronk joined Think as vice president of sales in January. 

Los Angeles Orthopedic Surgery Specialists and Advanced Orthopedics is expanding into a new clinic in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

The Children’s Hospital of Omaha has opened a new specialty pediatric clinic in Sioux City, Iowa, to treat children with serious and specified medical conditions local hospitals are not equipped to handle, Siouxland Public Media reported July 12. 

Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has opened a new facility in Kingwood, Texas, CI Community Impact reported. 

Mayfield Brain and Spine Center plans to build a new facility with an ASC in Springboro, Ohio, according to a July 12 Journal-News report. 

An increasing number of independent orthopedic practices are seeking strategic partnerships with private equity firms and management services organizations as a way to steady the ship in the midst of a challenging economic environment. 

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery opened a location in Saddle River, N.J.

Practice management organization Novum Orthopedic Partners invested in Fort Worth-based North Texas Orthopedics & Spine Center.

Several multimillion-dollar orthopedic projects got under way in the first half of 2022.

Qasim Zaidi, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in cervical and lumbar procedures, has joined St. Louis-based Signature Orthopedics, the practice said July 5.

Qasim Zaidi, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in cervical and lumbar procedures, has joined St. Louis-based Signature Orthopedics, the practice said July 5.

Hospitals and independent practices are branching out spine and orthopedic care with new locations across the country in 2022.

South Bend (Ind.) Orthopaedics expanded its partnership with PatientIQ, an education and patient outcomes platform.

Daniel Elskens, MD, a neurosurgeon who allegedly performed unnecessary spine surgeries while practicing at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Wash., is closing his practice at Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio, according to the Sandusky Register.