Drs. John Wanebo, Stefan Parent & more: 8 spine, neurosurgeons in the headlines this week — April 22, 2016

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

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Neurosurgeon John Wanebo, MD, was featured on ABC 15’s Sonoran Living to discuss how Phoenix-based Barrow Brain and Spine’s team of neurosurgeons utilize technology to treat patients with complex spine and brain conditions.

 

Stefan Parent, MD, PhD, of Canada-based CHU Sainte-Justine, and his team developed an assessment tool to analyze adolescent past and residual spinal growth.

 

CBS featured Ashraf Hanna, MD, and Scott Webb, DO, both of Clearwater-based Florida Spine Institute, speaking on artificial disc replacement.

 

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery named Hee Kit Wong, MD, PhD, president.

 

Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, JD, president and counsel to the Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics, called on the government to further commit to brain mapping science.

 

The Expert Network added neurosurgeon Alexios G. Carayannopoulos, DO, of Providence-based Rhode Island Hospital.

 

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Mayo Clinic appointed Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, the William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor and neurological surgery chair.

 

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