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Kerry Solomon, MD, an eye surgeon at Physicians' Eye Surgery Center in Charleston, S.C., is scheduled to perform laser cataract surgery at the ophthalmic ambulatory surgery center later this month and the procedure will be broadcasted live at the annual…

Research showed for the first time that the hippocampus — which is usually associated with memory — plays a role in suppressing pain during stress, according to a study published in Pain, a medical journal.

Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce McKesson has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held Oct.…

Surgical Care Affiliates is looking for a dynamic leader to be the administrator for a center in Des Moines, Iowa. Administrators are the leaders of their SCA centers, helping teammates provide excellent clinical care and outstanding customer service for our…

Surgical Care Affiliates has announced that Pete Clemens has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective today, according to an SCA release.

A report by the Milken Institute found that some challenges facing the industry are the complexity and instability of the FDA's medical device approval process, government funding cutbacks and federal tax policies that cannot compete globally, a news release said.

Mark Buyyounouski, MD, MS, a radiation oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center, has developed a tool that can determine a patient's risk of dying from prostate cancer after he has received radiation treatment, Medical News Today reported.

Four New York hospitals and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield are teaming together for a collaboration designed to reduce rates of C. difficile, according to a Democrat and Chronicle report.

U.S. District Judge James Mahan has placed a temporary retraining order on the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners' ability to report "negative information" on a physician to the National Practitioner Data Bank, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.

The lead researcher on a new study about pain treatment found that the presence and level of severity of pain symptom clusters affects treatment, Pain Medicine News reported.