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John Peloza, MD, is the director of the Center for Spine Care in Dallas and Frisco, Texas. Dr. Peloza focuses on minimally invasive spine surgery and has helped to launch several treatments in this field, including the SEXTANT, MAVERICK and…

U.S. hospitals outperform 30 countries across four continents on the rate of surgical site infections, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, industry experts will lead a keynote panel titled "The Changing Role of Spine Surgery."

Seventy-three healthcare professionals identified five reasons antimicrobials are misused in healthcare facilities in a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Beverly, Mass.-based SpineFrontier has launched its PedFuse REmind Pedicle Screw System for midline lumbar surgery.

Ross Sherban, MD, performed the first minimally invasive percutaneous pedicle screw surgery with a Texas Diamondback system from Eminent Spine.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons co-hosted an event to brief freshmen Congressional members to inform them of the important issues for medical specialists, according to an AAOS Now report.

The Alaska State Medical Board has appointed South Anchorage Surgery Center Co-Founder Grant Roderer, MD, to the board, according to a report from the Anchorage Daily News.

Launching and sustaining patient safety initiatives requires resolve, cooperation, communication and understanding. In short, they require multidimensional leadership.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed the surveillance definitions for patients receiving mechanical ventilation in an effort to improve hospitals' ability to track complications, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.