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Kubtec: For Surgeons, Breast Conservation Should be the Standard of Care
For the one in eight American women who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, the fear of losing their life far outweighs their fear of losing a breast. Most hope early detection and surgery will quickly remove the cancer and increase their chances of survival. Yet even after an... - January 01, 2016 - Kubtec
RFID and Enhanced UDI Tracking Updates Announced by Matrix IT, Medical Tracking Systems
Matrix IT, Medical Tracking Systems has announced the addition of RFID data capture and product enhancements to TRACTUS, the world's first sterile field UDI scanning and compliance platform. The platform now also integrates with any health or inventory management system in a hospital. - December 30, 2015 - Matrix Medical Tracking Systems
Custom Med Patient Services to Donate $1 to Doctors Without Borders for Each Holiday Sign-Up
The nation’s First Deluxe Concierge with Free Video Consultation Service is celebrating the holidays with a $1 donation to Doctors without Borders for every free CMPForYou sign-up during the Care for the Holidays drive. - December 01, 2015 - Custom Med Patient Services
Prosidyan Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels for Postero-Lateral Spinal Fusion
NJ-based Prosidyan (www.prosidyan.com), developer of proprietary fiber-based bioactive glass products, announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance of FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels for Postero-lateral Spinal Fusion. FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels is an ultra-porous Bone Graft Substitute, made entirely... - November 16, 2015 - Prosidyan, Inc.
Wellbe Announces Webinar on Succeeding Under Bundled Payment
CJRI to share how to use bundles as a competitive advantage. - November 15, 2015 - Wellbe
IQ4I Research & Consultancy Published a New Report on "Dental Implant and Prosthetics Market" and Estimated to be Worth $19.8 Billion by 2021
The global dental implant and Prosthetics market is expected to reach $19.8 billion by 2021. This report analyzes the dental implant and prosthetics market covering all segments. - November 02, 2015 - IQ4I Research & Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
Compression Solutions, Inc. Awarded Vascular Compression Therapy Agreement with Premier, Inc.
Compression Solutions has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for Vascular Compression Therapy with Premier, Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company. Effective December 1, 2015, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and... - October 27, 2015 - Compression Solutions
Voicebrook to Exhibit at the American Pathology Foundation and American Society for Clinical Pathology Annual Meeting
Company will demonstrate leading solution for Pathology reporting at 2015 event, “Beyond the Lab” - October 26, 2015 - Voicebrook, Inc.
OrthoNeuro to Open New Office Expansion at Pickerington Medical Campus
OrthoNeuro will expand its medical services into Pickerington next month. The practice will be moving to the first floor of the new office building at the OhioHealth Pickerington Medical Campus. - October 22, 2015 - OrthoNeuro
IQ4I Research & Consultancy Published a New Report on "Vascular and Non-Vascular Stents": Estimated to be Worth $12.4 Billion by 2021
The global vascular and non-vascular market is expected to reach $12.4 billion by 2021. This report analyzes the stent market in terms of market revenue ($ million) for all segments. - October 16, 2015 - IQ4I Research & Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
Wellbe Announces Webinar on Meeting the Needs of the Contemporary Orthopedic Patient
Sg2 to share advice on addressing the changing retail landscape and today’s consumers. - October 15, 2015 - Wellbe
Recursion Pharma Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Hereditary Stroke Disorder
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a drug discovery start-up company, announced receipt of an Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA for the use of Tempol for the treatment of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation, a hereditary stroke disease. Recursion expects this will be the first of many potential treatments identified using their proprietary drug discovery platform. - October 05, 2015 - Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Allen, TX Spine Surgeon Named to D Magazine Best Doctor List
Dallas area orthopedic spine surgeon, Dr. Sean M. Jones-Quaidoo’s dedication to improving the lives of his patients through his trademark compassionate and comprehensive care has been recognized by his medical colleagues, as he has been named to D Magazine’s prestigious Best Doctors... - October 02, 2015 - SpineVue
Navigate Surgical Technologies Inc™ Launches the Inliant Clinical™ Dental Navigation System: A Dynamic Surgical Guidance Solution for Dental Implant Surgery
Navigate Surgical Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce its launch of the Inliant Clinical Dental Navigation System, a Dynamic Surgical Guidance solution for dental implant surgery. The Inliant Clinical device provides surgeons with a real-time image of the surgical drill position over the... - October 01, 2015 - Navigate Surgical Technologies Inc.
Dr.’s Choice Physical Therapy Opens Clinic in Lewisville, Texas
Brennan Russo, DPT lead provider at Dr.’s Choice Physical Therapy treats professional, olympic, collegiate, and various athletes. Brennan worked the 2015 NCAA Football Combine in Indianapolis treating aspiring NFL players. Through his experience at local hospitals and sports performance facilities he brings his extensive expertise to Dr.'s Choice Physical Therapy. - September 25, 2015 - Dr.'s Choice Physical Therapy
Dr. Nicholas Kongoasa to Return to the Center for Endometriosis Care
Endometriosis Specialist Returns to Atlanta. - September 24, 2015 - Center for Endometriosis Care
Leading Bariatric Surgery Group Opens New Office in the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX
The North Houston Surgical Associates – A surgical practice dedicated to increasing health and improving quality of life through general and weight loss surgery – are now bringing their thorough, customized, comprehensive, and technology driven care to the greater Houston area. - September 17, 2015 - SpineVue
In a First for the Orthopedic Industry, Bone Solutions of Dallas (BSI) Has Received Formal Patent Approval for Its Groundbreaking Magnesium Based Resorbable Bio-Material
Drew Diaz, Bone Solution’s CEO, stated “Our newest patent finally fills the existing technology gap with a revolutionary new solution in spinal fusion.” Mr. Diaz also said the breakthrough is a combination of interacting technologies in spine vertebrae repair not previously available. - September 10, 2015 - Bone Solutions
J. Laurance Hill, MD, FACS Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
J. Laurance Hill, MD, FACS of Baltimore, Maryland has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the fields of healthcare and education. About J. Laurance Hill, MD, FACS Dr. Hill has almost 55 years experience in... - August 26, 2015 - Strathmore Worldwide
Gensco Labs Announces LiDORx® Copay Program Mobile Platform for Pain Management
Text “LIDO to 37500” on your mobile device to receive the benefits of the Program Gensco Laboratories™ (www.genscolabs.com), A Specialty Pharmaceutical Company, announces a new mobile platform that uses innovative smart phone technology to provide copay assistance and facilitate... - August 11, 2015 - Gensco Labs
Voicebrook to Sponsor Inaugural Cerner Laboratory Learning Workshop 2015
Company to discuss benefits of automating transcription processes within Cerner’s Anatomic Pathology solutions. - August 06, 2015 - Voicebrook, Inc.
The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Agrees to Invest in AmnioChor
AmnioChor is a biotech startup engaged in perinatal stem cell technologies, founded with a long term vision and operating on a near term mandate. The vision is the ability to satisfy the therapeutic needs of Mesenchymal and Epithelial stem cells as the critical high volume foundation of new cures. The immediate mandate is to create the bank to serve that need through the cryopreservation of the living amniotic membrane of the placental sac. - August 06, 2015 - AmnioChor
New Product Launched to Safeguard Patients from Counterfeit Medical Implants and Improved Recall Accuracy
New technology tracks medical implants; guards against counterfeits and offers ability to match recalls with patients. Matrix Medical announces the comprehensive TRACTUS solution to fill a much needed industry need. Product is fully in adherence to the GUDID and UDI requirements laid out by FDA. - July 29, 2015 - Matrix Medical Tracking Systems
Non-Surgically Lift and Tighten Facial Tissue with Ultherapy® at Ann Arbor Plastic Surgery
Dr. Pramit Malhotra, specializing in plastic surgery in Ann Arbor, recently added Ultherapy® by Ulthera® to his list of available procedures. This nonsurgical face lift has been featured on various television programs (Dr. Oz, The View, and The Today Show) and is quickly becoming the premier non-invasive alternative for a surgical facelift. Dr. Malhotra is committed to “beauty revealed”: seeing his patients for who they are, and who they can be. - July 29, 2015 - Ann Arbor Plastic Surgery
Captiva Spine’s SmartLOX™ Cervical Plate System Receives Clearance for Enhanced and Patented Screw Locking Mechanism
Captiva Spine's SmartLOX™ Cervical Plate System has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market an enhanced cervical plate system with a patented screw locking mechanism. Their SmartLOX Cervical Plate System incorporates a proprietary Nitinol self-locking mechanism, which provides visual, audible, and tactile confirmation of the cervical screw locking. - July 21, 2015 - Captiva Spine, Inc
Jerry W. Pratt M.D. Honored as Professional of the Year
Jerry W. Pratt, M.D., of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has recently been recognized as a Strathmore’s Who’s Who Professional of the Year for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of Cardiothoracic Surgery. - July 21, 2015 - Strathmore Who's Who
OrthoServiceLine.com Announces Open Registration for the 2015 Musculoskeletal Leadership Summit
Summit Will Convene Orthopedic and Spine Administrators to Discuss Key Issues Facing the Industry. - July 09, 2015 - Wellbe
Captiva Spine’s TowerLOX MIS Pedicle Screw System Receives Clearance for Enhanced Rod Insertion and Reduction
Captiva Spine, Inc., a medical device organization dedicated to creating and maintaining sincere, honest, collaborative relationships to deliver smart, elegant, and intuitive spinal solutions, announced today it has received 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to... - July 08, 2015 - Captiva Spine, Inc
Orthopedic Surgeon, Ryan Palmer, DO to Join OrthoNeuro in August 2015
OrthoNeuro announced today that Dr. Ryan Palmer will join their multi-specialty physician practice August 10th, 2015. Dr. Palmer is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in adult total joint reconstruction. He will offer a full spectrum of hip and knee replacement surgery, from primary replacement to complex revision including anterior and mini-posterior approach total hip replacement, and CT-free robotic assisted unicompartmental knee replacements. - July 06, 2015 - OrthoNeuro
UC Riverside Student Faces Physical and Emotional Challenges Head-on
Young woman prepares for 21st surgery for Treacher Collins Syndrome. - June 11, 2015 - Look At Us Alliance
Precision Health Care Launches the Giving Partners Solutions In-Source Program to Assist Hospital with Their Wound Center Programs
Precision Health Care has developed and launched the Giving Partners Solutions In-source Program to provide the plan, resources and replacement equipment to help Hospitals transition from a managed, outsourced Wound Center to a Hospital controlled and managed outpatient program. Precision offers an on-line survey to help Hospitals evaluate their advantage to in-source the Wound Center Program and provide quality care, patient continuity, stop paying management fees and improve their bottom line. - May 06, 2015 - Precision Health Care
Changes on the Horizon at the Pathology Informatics Summit and 2nd World Congress on Pathology Informatics
Voicebrook to share enhanced Pathology patient reporting solutions. - May 01, 2015 - Voicebrook, Inc.
Surgical Science Wins Gold in 2015 iF Design Awards
Surgical Science announced today that SimFrame, the platform for the company’s flagship LapSim and EndoSim systems, has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Gold iF Design Award. An international jury of experts evaluated nearly 5,000 entries from across the world, awarding 1,629 iF Design... - April 28, 2015 - Surgical Science Inc
Intellimed Announces Exciting New MR Conditional Disposable Laryngoscope is Now Available in the U.S.
Single Piece Laryngoscope is Ideal for Use in the MR Suite - April 27, 2015 - Intellimed Consulting
A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Endonasal Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
"Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery of Skull Base Tumors," recently published by Thieme, is a complete step-by-step guide to endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery, written by prominent interdisciplinary specialists and reflecting important recent developments in the field. It combines the... - April 24, 2015 - Thieme Publishers
Dallas Spine Surgeon Adopts New Technology for Unprecedented Chronic Pain Management
Dr. Jones-Quaidoo of Spine Vue in Dallas, TX has teamed up with Boston Scientific to adopt CoverEdge Surgical Lead the World's first 32 contact spinal cord stimulator lead designed to precisely target chronic pain providing a broad spectrum of pain relief to patients. - April 21, 2015 - SpineVue
Strathmore’s Who’s Who Announces Bruce H. Levin as 2015 Doctor of the Year
Bruce H. Levin, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been honored as Strathmore’s Who’s Who 2015 Doctor of the Year for his exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the field of Pain Medicine. - April 21, 2015 - Strathmore Who's Who
SunMedica Inc. Launches the New kneeGRIP Matrix
SunMedica, which has manufactured surgical positioning devices since 1988, is now using its expertise to change the way surgeons position their patients during a total knee arthroplasty (TKA), by introducing the kneeGRIP® Matrix. - April 18, 2015 - SunMedica
Karcinolys Announces the Formation of Pancrealys, Its New Pancreatic Cancer Division
Pancreatic cancer selected as first indication for Targeted HSV-1 derived oncolytic virus Myb34.5. - April 17, 2015 - Karcinolys
Dello Russo Laser Vision Lasik Can Eliminate the Need for Reading Glasses
Dello Russo LaserVision is excited to announce that they started research on a new LASIK procedure that can eliminate the need for reading glasses in the near future. This research project is a distinctly unique approach to the loss of reading ability, which starts at about 40 and continues until... - April 16, 2015 - Dello Russo LaserVision
Laser Locators Announces U.S. Launch of the FDA Approved LightMed TruScan577 - Those with Glaucoma and Retinal Diseases Stand to Benefit Most
Laser Locators, a world-wide leader selling ophthalmic lasers and diagnostic equipment, announced today that the TruScan577, manufactured by LightMed, has been given FDA approval and is now available for purchase. “As the exclusive distributor of LightMed products in the U.S., we are very... - April 16, 2015 - Laser Locators
Dallas Limb Restoration Center Develops "New Joint Today, Home Tomorrow Program"
A significant concern for many patients considering hip or knee replacement is how soon can they return to normal activities. Many patients consider hip or knee replacement but do not want the downtime and long recovery traditionally associated with these procedures. The Dallas Limb Restoration Center has developed a program allowing most patients to minimize their hospital stay and recovery. - April 15, 2015 - The Dallas Limb Restoration Center
Oral Surgeon in Livingston, NJ Joins Volunteers on Medical Mission to Peru
In the previous year’s mission, Dr. Geldzahler recalls the strong emotions of the first day, which was set aside for patient screening. - April 15, 2015 - Orosurgery, LLC - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Juan Francisco Gutierrez-Mazorra Has Recently Been Inducted Into the America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals’ Hall of Fame
Juan Francisco Gutierrez-Mazorra of Birmingham, Alabama has attained recognition in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals as the Bio of the Month of August, 2015 for Pediatric Anesthesiology. He has now been inducted into the America’s Registry Hall of Fame. - April 14, 2015 - America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
Dr. Jones-Quaidoo of SpineVue in Dallas, TX Named Tops in the Nation
Dr. Sean M. Jones-Quaidoo, a spine surgeon with SpineVue in Dallas, TX was recognized by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital as ranked in the top 1% of all doctors in the United States according to patient satisfaction. The ranking comes courtesy of the 2014 Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. The HCAHPS survey is the first national, standardized and publicly reported patient survey. - March 31, 2015 - SpineVue
Prosidyan™ Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of FIBERGRAFT™BG Putty – Bone Graft Substitute
NJ-based Prosidyan™ (www.prosidyan.com), developer of proprietary fiber-based bioactive glass products, announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance of FIBERGRAFT™ BG Putty – Bone Graft Substitute. This is the second generation product in the company’s... - March 26, 2015 - Prosidyan, Inc.
Patrick A. Roth, MD, FACS Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Patrick A. Roth, MD, FACS of Ridgewood, New Jersey has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. About Patrick A. Roth, MD, FACS Dr. Roth has over 20 years experience in the healthcare... - March 21, 2015 - Strathmore Worldwide
David J. Altschul, M.D. Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
David J. Altschul, M.D. of New York, New York has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare. About David J. Altschul, M.D. Dr. Altschul has almost 9 years experience in the healthcare... - March 17, 2015 - Strathmore Worldwide
Logan Solutions Launches Doctor-Dragon.com
Finally, a Dragon Medical site that has "just what the doctor needed." Nothing more, nothing less. Doctor-Dragon.com is a site that puts everything a clinician needs for clinical documentation in one place--software, microphones, training, support and a blog with useful tips and tricks. - March 06, 2015 - Logan Solutions
Surgical Science Wins ACG Minnesota BOLD Award
Surgical Science, leading developer of virtual reality surgical simulation training systems, was the recipient of the 2015 Small Corporate BOLD Award from the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Minnesota. Now in their third year, the awards were created by ACG to recognize exceptionally... - February 28, 2015 - Surgical Science Inc