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26 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DMC's neurosurgery residency accreditation revoked: A timeline of event By Alan Condon D etroit Medical Center could lose its neurosurgery residency program aer the Accreditation Council of Gradu- ate Medical Education decided to withdraw its certification, effective June 30, 2020. Here's a timeline of events so far: 1. e decision to remove the accreditation came aer a September ACGME inspection that was prompted by a letter of complaint from two anonymous physicians at the hospital. 2. e letter to ACGME alleged that residents "were bullied, forced to work excessive hours and discouraged from reporting safety con- cerns," according to e Detroit News. 3. ACGME sent the letter to the hospital's Graduate Medical Education institutional officer, Mark Juzych, MD, and neurological surgery program director at the time, Murali Guthikonda, MD, in July and requested a re- sponse to the allegations. 4. Dr. Guthikonda, who remains the hospi- tal's chief of neurosurgery, told e Detroit News the charges that caused the program to lose its accreditation are inaccurate. 5. He dismissed the accusations as "taken completely out of context … or blatant lies" and labeled them "an appalling, dishearten- ing character assassination." 6. Aer initially deciding to let the neurosur- gery residency program close, Tony Tedeschi, MD, former CEO at DMC, will now appeal the decision to try to maintain the program. If the appeal fails, the hospital intends to re- apply and re-establish the program. 7. e program, in conjunction with Wayne State University School of Medicine in De- troit, includes 14 neurosurgery residents and is now under new leadership. n Massachusetts General Hospital pays $13M settlement to orthopedic surgeon over wrongful termination allegations By Alan Condon D ennis Burke, MD, a former orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, will receive a $13 million settlement following his wrongful termination lawsuit, The Boston Globe reports. Dr. Burke practiced at MGH for 35 years before he was ter- minated in 2015. He alleges the hospital terminated him because he challenged its policy on concurrent surgeries, which permits surgeons to operate in two rooms simulta- neously. MGH maintained he was terminated for violating patient privacy by releasing medical records of procedures he performed to The Boston Globe with names redacted. In the settlement, MGH also offered Dr. Burke his job back and will honor him by naming a hospital safety program after him. President and CEO of Partners HealthCare, which operates MGH, credited Dr. Burke for calling attention to the safety issue. Dr. Burke now practices at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospi- tal in Boston and will not return to MGH, according to The Boston Globe. n Spinal fusion devices market to hit $8.45B by 2026 — 4 takeaways By Alan Condon T he spinal fusion devices market is expected to reach $8.45 billion by 2026, according to a mar- ket report by Fortune Business Insights. Here are four takeaways: 1. The market's forecasted compound annual growth rate for the period is 3.6 percent. 2. The rising geriatric population is anticipated to be contribute to the market growth. 3. The growing demand for minimally invasive pro- cedures, robotics devices and increased investment in spine from major players is also expected to drive growth. 4. Major spine companies covered in the report include DePuy Synthes, Medtronic, Zimmer Biomet, Stryker, Nu- Vasive, RTI Surgical and Alphatec. n