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28 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Yale New Haven Hospital to add spine robot By Carly Behm Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital's St. Raphael Campus will add the Mazor X Stealth Edition robot for spine surgery, Zyri reported May 16. The robot will mainly be used for spinal fusions but can also be used for degen- erative conditions, spinal deformities and spinal trauma. The first surgeries with the Mazor X Stealth Edition are expected to be completed in May. The Mazor X Stealth Edition uses CT scans to create custom preoperative plans and helps surgeons with minimally invasive procedures. n Connecticut hospital 1 of 6 to get advanced certification for spine surgery By Carly Behm Hartford Healthcare St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., earned ad- vanced certification in spine surgery from The Joint Commission. The hospital is one of six in the U.S. to receive the recognition, according to an April 29 news release. Certification came from a partnership between the Ayer Neurosci- ence Institute and the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at St. Vincent's. The Joint Commission conducted a two-day, in-person review focused on preopera- tive care and education, practice standardization and patient care. "Hartford HealthCare's Ayer Neuroscience Institute and Connecticut Orthopedic In- stitute have teamed up to create something special," Khalid Abbed, MD, co-physi- cian-in-chief at the Ayer Neuroscience Institute, said in the release. "The advanced spine certification is a rarely awarded recognition that symbolizes our dedication to going above and beyond for our patients." n OrthoVirginia names orthopedic surgeon as CEO By Carly Behm North Chesterfield-based OrthoVirginia named David Jevsevar, MD, as its new CEO. Dr. Jevsevar is an orthopedic surgeon and most recently was chair and regional vice president of orthopedics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, N.H., according to a May 16 email shared with Becker's. "We conducted an exhaustive national search and Dave's vast experiences sepa- rated him immediately," Ben Kittredge, MD, OrthoVirginia's board president, said in the release. "His strengths are a unique blend of strategy, culture and orthope- dic physician perspective." Dr. Jevsevar's clinical practice focuses on hip and knee replacement, according to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health. n Orthopedic surgeon's health system exit steeped in controversy By Alan Condon T wo members of the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors in Warsaw, N.Y., said claims that a box of human resource documents contained negative information about orthopedic surgeon Paul Mason, MD, were not true, Livingston County News reported May 21. Wyoming County Community Health System terminated Dr. Mason's contract in February. County board supervisor Jerry Davis said there was "another side" to the surgeon that most people do not know, but would not expand on what the alleged negative information was, accord- ing to the report. When four other county board supervisors consulted the human resource documents on Dr. Mason, they found a half-filled banker box with no information portray- ing a darker side of the surgeon, Livingston County News reported. "Really there was nothing," Arcade Super- visor Douglas Berwanger said. "For every- one to stand up and say how bad it was, it wasn't accurate." Wyoming County Community Health System did not respond to Becker's request for comment. When news of Dr. Mason's departure surfaced, the community rallied behind the surgeon. A petition to reinstate him, signed by hospital employees and com- munity members, garnered more than 2,700 signatures. Dr. Mason and his physician assistant Jim O'May published a letter Feb. 21 in e Daily News about their departure. e let- ter said the termination or resignation of Dr. Mason and other physicians happened aer the hospital's CEO, Don Eichenauer, retired and the hospital's strategic direc- tion changed. David Kobis will become CEO of Wyoming County Community Health System on May 31, according to e Buffalo News. n