Year: 2010

A 5-year, $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded to staff scientist Nikolaos Tapinos, MD, PhD, of Geisinger’s Sigfried and Janet Weis Center for Research, will be used to study the role of nuclear ErbB3 protein during development of…

U.S. Paralympics announced that Kevin Jardine has been named associate director and head coach of the Paralympic Military and Veterans Alpine Skiing Program. Jardine has more than 16 years of experience in high performance and coaching, and he has coached…

Orthocare Innovations announced the addition of David Adams as general manager of its Oklahoma City facility. Adams joins Orthocare from Trulife where he served as vice president. Adams brings more than 14 years of experience in the O&P and orthopedic…

Advanced Arm Dynamics (AAD) announced the addition of Brian Waryck, CP, to their clinical staff. Waryck will work with the AAD clinical team at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at AAD centers in three other states. Waryck spent the…

The Spine Technology Awards will recognize the best spine products, engineering teams and inventors for 2010, according to a news release. Awards will be presented in eight categories: device technologies for cervical care; lumbar care; motion preservation of the spine;…

The Endeavor Games are expected to welcome a record 475 participants in 11 sport competitions from 30 states and four countries – including a large number of wounded service men and women. The event will host sport clinics including an…

United Spinal Association presents the 2010 Independence Expo – Long Island, the region’s premier lifestyle-enhancing Expo designed to promote active living and independence for all people with disabilities and aging Americans. The Independence Expo–Long Island will be held on Friday,…

A free webisode series beginning this month offer suggestions to help African-Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes better manage the disease on FACE-Diabetes.com as part of the Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (FACE.) Diabetes initiative. The FACE webisode series and…

A study presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM) indicates that using multiple imaging agents with a hybrid imaging technique can be a valuable tool for accurately diagnosing and determining treatment for a variety…

Two-time X Games Gold Medalist Chris Ridgway successfully defended his title as limb-loss motocross champion during the 5th Annual Extremity Games (eX5) at Baja Acres motocross facility in Millington, Mich. Ridgway won his 4th consecutive Gold Medal at the eX5…