Becker’s Spine Review

Emmanuel University Athletics in Franklin Springs, Ga., named Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic its exclusive sports medicine partner. Athens Orthopedic Clinic will provide physician coverage at Emmanuel athletic events and priority access to imaging and treatment seven days a week. Student-athletes…

Columbus-based OhioHealth orthopedic surgeon Stephen Berling, MD, in May became the first surgeon in Ohio to implant the Touch CMC 1 prosthesis. The thumb implant had been used more than 130,000 times in Europe before receiving FDA approval in 2025.…

When Ki-Eun Chang, MD, arrived at the military hospital where he now practices, there was no endoscopic spine equipment. He was also working within a government purchasing process that he says tends to be “kind of slow on getting stuff.”…

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Cincinnati-based Mercy Health, alleging the health system fired a Jewish orthopedic surgeon because of his religion and race shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The lawsuit, filed Sept. 24,…

Longevity medicine has built an industry around helping people live longer without losing the ability to live well. Robert Masson, MD, president and neurological surgeon at the Orlando, Fla.-based Masson Spine Institute, thinks spine surgeons belong in that conversation. Not…

North American Spine Society released a patient safety position statement outlining education, training and competency principles for physicians performing spine interventions. The statement was developed after a review of current training pathways and discussions with leadership from surgical and nonsurgical…