Here are seven spine surgeons who made the news this week:
Brian Gantwerker, MD, founder of The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles, discussed key opportunities for private practice spine surgeons in the future.
Princeton, Ill.-based Perry Memorial Hospital welcomed minimally invasive spine surgeon Allen Van, MD, to the team.
On April 20, Jocelyn Idema, DO, of Pittsburgh-based Advanced Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, became the first spine surgeon in Pennsylvania to perform lumbar disc replacement using Aesculap's activL Artificial Disc.
A research team headed by Kern Singh, MD, of Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush won "Best Poster" at the ISASS Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Fla.
Andrew Moulton, MD, of Sarasota (Fla.) Orthopedic Associates performed pediatric spine surgeries on a mission trip in the Dominican Republic.
Spine surgeon Sukhbir "Sonny" Guram, MD, joined Hendersonville, N.C.-based Southeastern Sports Medicine and Orthopedics last week.
MIS surgery specialist M. Nicholas Perenich, DO, joined Tampa, Fla.-based BioSpine Institute.
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