News and Notes

ROLLA, Mo. | Dr. Fateme Fayyazbakhsh, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was awarded the Wound Healing Society’s 2026 Early-Career Faculty Award during the organization’s annual meeting held...

Avatar Medical has announced FDA 510(k) clearance for Avatar Medical Vision, its software platform for instant 3D medical image processing, review, and surgical planning, enabling commercialization in the United States. Avatar Medical Vision enables clinicians to...

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) recently shared an analysis conducted by KNG Health Consulting that shows ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) have saved Medicare billions of dollars. Between 2019 and 2024, procedures performed in ASCs compared to...

City of Hope healthcare leaders have released a new white paper examining how hospitals can maintain surgical operations during simultaneous sterile processing department (SPD) failures caused by water quality issues, infrastructure damage and planned maintenance.

The University of Texas at Austin (UT) received its first-ever $1 billion investment. The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation announced that Michael and Susan Dell have become UT Austin’s first-ever billion-dollar supporters in a press release. In honor of the...

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the nerve monitoring systems landscape, with medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers rapidly adopting AI-driven solutions to address critical workforce shortages and enhance surgical safety protocols....