Here are 12 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.
Narihito Nagoshi, MD, PhD, of the University of Toronto in Canada was awarded the $7,000 2015 Research Traveling Fellowship by NASS.
Gaurav Raj Dhakal, MBBS, MS, received the NASS 2015 Clinical Traveling Fellowship for Washington University Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, Nicklaus Children's Hospital.
NASS honored Frank J. Eismont, MD, with the Leon Wiltse Award for leadership and/or clinical research in spine care.
David A. Wong, MD, received the Past President Award to recognize a former NASS president who made exceptional contributions to the society and its mission, and continues to provide service to the society.
Jeffrey J. Wise, MD, received the Spine Advocacy Award for the NASS member who made exceptional contributions to federal advocacy efforts on behalf of patients and society members.
Ehud Mendel, MD, of the Ohio State University is using computerized, customized spine models to predict surgery outcomes.
David Masel, MD, provides treatment at Frisco Spine's new Grapevine, Texas location, and neurosurgeon Paul Salinas, MD, provides care at the new Southlake, Texas location.
Gregory Corradino, MD, of Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., is offering a seminar for physicians seeking to bolster their practices.
Sang-Ho Lee, MD, chairman of Wooridul Spine Hospital in Korea, received the Parviz Kambin Award at the North American Spine Society meeting.
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine named Allan Levi, MD, chair of the neurological surgery department.
The National Academy of Medicine elected neurosurgeon Frances E. Jensen, MD, to its membership.
Lawrence Alexander, MD, of the Florida Pain Network in Miami, now performs minimally invasive discectomy procedures.