ALACHUA, Fla., Jan. 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - AxoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: AXGN ), a leading medical technology company focused on the peripheral nerve repair market, announced that it will sponsor an educational forum for surgeons at the Joint Annual Meetings of the American Association for Hand Surgery, American Society for Peripheral Nerve and American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, taking place January 21-27 in Paradise Island, Bahamas.
The event, entitled "The Value of Nerve Repair Technologies in Your Practice" will focus on improving outcomes in surgical nerve repair, anesthesiology planning, considerations for O.R. time management and evidence based treatment algorithms. Surgeon panelists will include Greg Buncke, MD, Buncke Clinic; Jeff Greenberg, MD, Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center; and Dean Sotereanos, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The panel presentation will be held on Thursday, January 22nd at 1:30 PM.
In addition to sponsoring this surgeon educational forum, AxoGen will be exhibiting its full portfolio of nerve repair and protection products at Booth T35 & T36 at the AAHS ASPN ASRM Joint Meetings.
About this Event
Panel Presentation: The Value of Nerve Repair Technologies in Your Practice
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015; 1:30 – 3:00pm
Panelists: Greg Buncke, MD, Jeff Greenberg, MD, Dean Sotereanos, MD
Location: AAHS Annual Meeting, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Ballroom AB
Surgeon Registration Click here: http://www.axogeninc.com/aahs-aspn-asrm/
About AxoGen, Inc.
AxoGen (NASDAQ: AXGN) is a leading medical technology company dedicated to peripheral nerve repair. AxoGen's portfolio of regenerative medicine products is available in the United States, Canada and several European countries and includes Avance® Nerve Graft, the only off-the-shelf commercially available processed nerve allograft for bridging severed nerves without the comorbidities associated with a second surgical site, AxoGuard® Nerve Connector, a porcine submucosa extracellular matrix ("ECM") coaptation aid for tensionless repair of severed nerves, and AxoGuard® Nerve Protector, a porcine submucosa ECM product used to wrap and protect injured peripheral nerves and reinforce the nerve reconstruction while preventing soft tissue attachments.
Avance® Nerve Graft is processed in the United States by AxoGen. AxoGuard® Nerve Connector and AxoGuard® Nerve Protector are manufactured in the United States by Cook Biotech Incorporated, and are distributed exclusively by AxoGen. AxoGen maintains its corporate offices in Alachua, Florida and is the parent of its wholly owned operating subsidiary, AxoGen Corporation.
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