Month: January 2011

Physicians now have help in their battle against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a potentially deadly infection that initially was limited to hospitals and health care facilities but has become a growing problem in healthy children and adults. The Infectious…

Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc. announced the acquisition via a cash free exchange of the Lexington, Ky. based prosthetics & orthotics provider BridgePoint Medical. BridgePoint’s four patient care centers located in Kentucky and North Carolina add to Ability’s five centers…

AMP1, a team of amputee basketball players will kick off a tour of the Dallas-Fort Worth area with an exhibition during the halftime show at the Dallas Mavericks/Oklahoma City Thunder game on Jan. 6, 2011 at the American Airlines Arena…

    Gregory A. Dumanian Northwestern Medicine announced the installation of Gregory A. Dumanian, MD, as the new chief of the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dumanian, professor…

Put away your noisemaker and dust off your marketing budget plans to
shake things up for the new year.

    Andrea Barbera Although the post-mastectomy profession is noble, it is daunting to maintain this type of business, Andrea Barbera, CFM, care manager at Anita International Corporation in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., explained. Post-mastectomy professionals should be prepared to face…

Alex Miller, age 12 years, has been beating the odds since birth and he
continues to amaze his family and prosthetist with his achievements.

Nellie Pucell Unthank is remembered as ‘one of the true heroines
of Utah history.’

Key supporters of O&P initiatives survived themidterm elections allowing for organizations to push their legislative agendas

Delegate functions to team members to fulfill key roles of leadership.