10 spine, neurosurgeons in the headlines this week — March 11, 2016

Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news over this past week.

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Spine surgeon Ali Zahrai, MD, joined Clearwater-based Orthopaedic Associates of West Florida.

 

Michael Elliott, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madera, Calif., implanted the MAGEC rods to correct spine curvature.

 

Butterfly Foundation co-founder Andrew Moulton, MD, went on a week-long mission trip in the Dominican Republic.

 

Mir Ali, MD, a spine surgeon at Rezin Orthopedics in Illinois, is now treating patients with minimally invasive procedures.

 

A new Disney movie follows the story of neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, who came to the United States illegally as a teenager and is now the director of brain tumor surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

 

Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute President Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA, was featured in a Philadelphia Style magazine discussing his practice’s successes and where Rothman is headed in the future.

 

Neel Anand, MD, was appointed to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Spine Program Committee.

 

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital was added to the InVivo Therapeutics INSPIRE study site with James Harrop, MD, neurological surgery professor and co-director for adult reconstructive spine, was named the principal investigator.

 

Cheektowaga spine surgeon Anthony Leone, MD, was featured in the Buffalo News discussing when spine surgery is appropriate for back pain patients.

 

UF Health Shands Hospital neurosurgeon Albert L. Rhoton Jr., MD, passed away.

 

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