Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who were in the news over this past week.
The New England Neck and Spine Institute welcomed Tung Nguyen, MD, a brain and spine tumor surgeon. He also treats patients with degenerative spinal conditions and assisted in the development of Baxano Surgical’s retractor system.
Spine surgeon Chukwuka Okafor, MD, of Spine Institute of Central Florida, was recently featured for his volunteer work in Florida and around the globe with the Biomedical Science Career Program based at Harvard and teaching spine surgeons in developing countries.
Chibuikem Akamnonu, MD, joined Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Health after completing a spine surgery fellowship at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases.
The first female black neurosurgeon in California Deborrah Hyde, MD, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Black Women Physicians.
Spine surgeon John LaMacchia, MD, performed the first surgery using Biomet Spine’s MaxAn One Anterior Cervical System.
Board-certified spine surgeon George Miz, MD, was in the news talking about the first Brainlab Airo Mobile Intraoperative CT installed in a Midwestern hospital at Ingalls Memorial Hospital.
Neurosurgeon Nimesh Patel, MD, spoke with the local ABC affiliate WFAA in Dallas to discuss Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo’s spinal injury.
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, MD, officially announced his candidacy for president, planning to run in 2016, according to an ABC News report.
Barrow Neurological Associates neurosurgeon Peter Nakaji, MD, and Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at Charite University Medical Center in Berlin Peter Vajkoczy, MD, were named editor-in-chiefs of Thieme eNeurosurgery.