Joseph Martinez, MD, joined Houston-based Texas Medical Center and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth.
Owoicho Adogwa, MD, presented research at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting examining how baseline affective disorders affected 30-day readmission rates for patients undergoing elective spine surgery.
Maya Babu, MD, presented a study at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting examining the Open Payments Database’s impact on neurosurgery.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons appointed Frederick A. Boop, MD, its new president.
Michael Gleiber, MD, offered business advice for entrepreneurs in a recent Inc. Magazine article.
Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital appointed Howard L. Weiner, MD, chief of neurosurgery.
The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine awarded Swiss-Canadian spine surgeon Max Aebi, MD, the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine named Alan R. Cohen, MD, the new chief of pediatric neurosurgery.
Alexander P. Hersel, MD, and Bradley Spiegel, MD, have begun offering HF10 therapy spinal cord stimulation for back and leg pain at Pain Management & Injury Relief Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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