11 spine, neurosurgeons making headlines this week — March 6, 2015

Spine

Here are 11 spine and neurosurgeons who were in the news this past week.

DISC Sports & Spine Center's Sanjay Khurana, MD, helped rescue Harrison Ford from an air plane crash earlier this week.

 

Stanley Jones, MD, was featured in the Fort Mill Times for using stem cell therapy to improve the quality of life for a patients with multiple sclerosis.

 

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System's Hugh Brown, MD, was honored at the health system's Dinner of Distinction.

 

Mayfield Clinic in Cincinnati suffered the loss of Charles Kuntz IV, MD, unexpectedly last week.

 

CNN featured Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, chronically his life and return to Ghana to develop spine services there.

 

Vittorio M. Morreale, MD, medical director of neurosciences at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Michigan, was featured discussing the Life Spine surgical systems and the FDA's recent clearance of 40 associated connector implants.

 

David VanSickle, MD, of Littleton, Colo.-based South Denver Neurosurgery, became the first to perform deep brain stimulation surgery with the Renaissance Guidance System to treat patients with obsessive compulsive disorder.

 

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based spine surgeon John I. Williams, MD, was featured discussing the Smart Screw technology partnership between SpineGuard and Zavation.

 

The Brevard County Medical Society installed spine surgeon Devin Datta, MD, as the president, according to a Space Coast Daily report.

 

Orthopedic spine surgeon with Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Neuroscience & Spine Center Jeffrey Wood, MD, was featured in a Health Canal article about seeking relief for back pain.

 

Anthony Virella, MD, a neurosurgeon based in Los Angeles, recently spoke with Bakersfield Now about treating patients with chronic pain; he'll be opening a new location in Bakersfield in the future to meet patient demand.

 

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