Becker’s Spine Review

The North American Spine Society recognized 280 members as its inaugural class of Distinguished Fellows of the North American Spine Society during its 41st annual meeting in San Antonio. The new DFNS designation recognizes members who have made significant contributions…

Silver Spine & Interventional Pain Management is now accepting patients at its newest location in Paris, Texas, expanding neurosurgical spine care and interventional pain management across five locations in Northeast Texas and Oklahoma, The Paris News reported Oct. 18. The…

The first surgery using Spine Innovation’s LOGIC Titanium Implant System was performed Oct. 14 at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. Robert Eastlack, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, performed the procedure using the expandable interbody implant designed for transforaminal…

The Center for Bone & Joint Surgery of the Palm Beaches, an orthopedic and spine practice, has suffered a data breach, according to an Oct. 19 report from Claim Depot. The timeline and method of the breach have not been…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Premier Orthopaedics & Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center recently added five physicians to its organization.  The new physicians specialize in elbow and shoulder surgery, adult reconstruction and joint replacement, plastic and reconstructive hand surgery and non-operative…

By 2019, Marc Pietropaoli, MD, had built an orthopedic practice with dozens of employees. But when he examined its finances, he discovered something troubling: The only profitable services were those insurance didn’t cover. For years, declining reimbursement had pushed him…

The most difficult part of building a great spine program may have little to do with surgery. It is getting patients through the door before weeks pass, knowing when an operation should be avoided, coordinating the teams required for the…

Pediatric spine surgeons have always had to plan for decades, not years. Now, the rest of spine appears to be catching up. Nicholas Fletcher, MD, medical director of the spine program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine…