Drs. Michael Gleiber, Jeffrey Wang & more: 9 spine surgeons in the headlines this week

Spine

Here are nine spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.

Funds from Relax The Back will support the North American Spine Foundation's research in adult and elderly care in conjunction with Jeffrey Wang, MD, and the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

 

St. Bernard Medical Center, in Jonesboro, Ark., welcomed Khaled M. Krisht, MD, to its neurosurgery team.

 

Orthopedic spine surgeon Sanjay Khurana, MD, of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Los Angeles, discussed the benefits of Eragny, France-based Safe Orthopaedics' Auto-Adjust pedicle surgical screw.

 

Butler (Pa.) Health System and Heritage Valley Health System in Wexford, Pa., are partnering for a joint venture in neurosurgery. Michael Horowitz, MD, and Richard Spiro, MD, will head the new PA Brain & Spine Institute.

 

James Zucherman, MD, director of San Francisco-based St. Mary's Medical spine center, adopted the Mazor Robotics technology for spinal surgery.

 

Theodore Belanger, MD, of The Medical Center of Plano (Texas), plans to perform surgeries on a 20-year-old and 13-year-old from Ethiopia; they both have severe spinal disorders.

 

Timothy Bassett, MD, of Northport Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., performed the first successful spine surgery using the EVOS-HA technology from Cutting Edge Spine in the United States.

 

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based spine surgeon Michael Gleiber, MD, launched the Concierge Spine Surgery model to accommodate patients traveling for their medical care.

 

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