Here are six spine surgeons in the news this week.
Adam Lipson, MD, of Union, N.J.-based IGEA Brain and Spine, implanted the Nuvectra Algovita Spinal Cord Stimulation System.
John Peloza, MD, of Dallas-based Center for Spine Care, performed the nation's first cervical decompression procedures with Carevature Medical's Dreal system.
Max Burr, MD, died on June 11 at the age of 76 in Michigan, according to Ledger-Enquirer.
Ashish Patel, MD, and Elian Shepherd, MD, of Methodist Hospital in Merrillville, Ind., were featured in the Northwest Indiana Times for performing scoliosis and spine operations together.
Frank J. Schwab, MD, of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, N.Y., and founder of Nemaris, software that uses a 3D multiplanar reformatting toolkit to show physicians the planning steps and simulate aspects of the surgery, crafted a five step process to improve spinal surgery planning for treating adult
spinal deformity, according to an interview by Medscape.
William Beringer, MD, director of neurosurgery at Adventist Health Castle Medical Center in Kailua, Hawaii, discussed minimally invasive spine surgery with Hawaii News Now.
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