Cerebrovascular neurosurgeon Alexander Drofa, MD, joined Sanford Brain & Spine Center in Fargo, N.D.
Janet R. Maurer, MD, MBA, was named to the North American Spine Foundation’s board of directors.
Neurologist Oliver Sacks, MD, died at 82 years old from liver cancer.
Barrow Neurosurgical Associates in Phoenix welcomed neurosurgeon Laura Snyder, MD.
Neurosurgeon Anthony Jabre, MD, will head the growing Bay Pines (Fla.) VA Healthcare System’s spine care program at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center.
Orthopedic spine surgeon Bradley Moatz, MD, joined OrthoMaryland in Baltimore.
The University of Ioannina in Greece awarded Alvin H. Crawford, MD, an Honorary Professor degree.
Neurosurgeon Elizabeth Fontana, MD, of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., operated on 17-year-old Nico Fiorello after a spinal injury in May left him paralyzed. He took his first steps five weeks post-accident.
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