Author: Staff

Here are nine statistics on facility size, PP&E and number of operating/procedure rooms in ASCs, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2011. Note: Dollar amounts are in thousands.

HealthAlliance Hospital orthopedic surgeon Kelton Burbank, MD, was named president of the New England Orthopaedic Society, according to a Leominster Champion report.

Sidney M. Jacoby, MD, was named chief of orthopedic surgery at Phoenixville (Pa.) Hospital and medical director of the hospital's Limerick Surgery Center, according to a Phoenixville Patch report.

Ophthalmologist David S. Greenfield, MD, has been elected vice president of the American Glaucoma Society, according to a news release.

Austin and Treacy eye care practice in Duluth, Minn., has joined St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, according to a Business North report.

Riverain Technologies has announced it has received FDA clearance for its ClearRead +Confirm software, according to a news release.

Analogic Corp. has announced it will acquire Ultrasonix Medical Corp. for $83 million in cash, according to a news release.

Pediatric gastroenterologist Adam Mezoff, MD, has been named vice president and chief medical officer at The Children's Medical Center of Dayton (Ohio), according to a news release.

Pediatric gastroenterologist Sandra Kim, MD, has been named medical director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, according to a news release.

Sen. Ron Grooms of Indianapolis has drafted legislation that is aimed at changing the way pain clinics operate statewide, according to an Evansville Courier & Press report.