Susan E. Mackinnon, MD, a St. Louis-based surgeon, was honored with the Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Mackinnon was recognized with this international award for ...

Washington University School of Medicine surgeon and chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Susan Mackinnon received an exciting call from an unexpected source this year: the ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Checkpoint Surgical, Inc., a leader in hand-held, intraoperative neurostimulation technology for nerve protection and repair, announced it has received Breakthrough Device ...

A teen girl mauled by a bear while camping in Arizona last summer underwent a rare nerve transplant Tuesday in surgery designed to save her right leg. Washington University School of Medicine said the ...

It's been a good news week for those suffering debilitating spinal injuries. First we looked at a breakthrough that enables quadriplegic patients to move robotic arms using just their thoughts and now ...

Checkpoint Surgical, a Cleveland medical device company, has received breakthrough device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Checkpoint brief electrostimulation therapy ...