Here are 10 spine surgeons who were featured in the news this week.
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, GW Hospital and The GW Medical Faculty Associates named Raj Rao, MD, chair of the department of orthopedics surgery.
TheraCell appointed Gunnar B.J. Andersson, MD, as director of the company and member of the surgeon advisory board.
Eric Horn, MD, was named principal investigator of the Neuro-Spinal Scaffold at the Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine site in Indianapolis. The site was just named as a new site for the trial.
Spine surgeon and Lumin Health Founder Douglas Won, MD, awarded a scholarship for academic achievement to a local high school student as part of the Irving Schools Foundation.
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center orthopedic spine surgeon Scott Nelson, MD, was in the news discussing his time caring for earthquake victims in Nepal. He was performing a spine surgery when the aftershock hit; he was able to finish the surgery during the aftershock.
Professor and Chairman of the department of neurosurgery of the Klinikum Karlsruhe in Germany Dr. Uwe Spetzger performed the first spine surgery with the individualized three-dimensional printed cervical titanium implant designed by EIT Emerging Implant Technologies.
David Siambanes, MD, was featured in the local WMAZ 13 report discussing a unique spine surgery he performed on a young patient to remove a tumor that had begun to enclose around the spinal cord.
Michael Gleiber, MD, was featured in five different regional publications from Gulfstream Medical Group, as well as among Castle Connolly's Top Doctors under the minimally invasive orthopedic surgeon category for the third year in a row.
Chet Sutterlin, MD, an American spine surgeon, responded to Spine Health International's call for medical assistance in Nepal.
Spine surgeon Kenneth Light, MD, was featured in a local ABC 7 report discussing procedures he performs with artificial disc replacements.