Becker’s reported on several spine surgeons moved to new practices or added to their titles in April.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list.
1. Michael Kelly, MD, has joined the spine division in Stanford (Calif.) Medicine’s department of orthopedic surgery.
2. Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD, has been appointed chair of the neurosurgery department at Jefferson Neurosurgery.
3. The University of California, San Francisco Health’s department of orthopedic surgery has appointed Rajiv Sethi, MD, PhD, as chief of orthopedic spine surgery, co-director of the UCSF Spine Center and UCSF system medical director of value-based musculoskeletal initiatives.
4. Neurosurgeon Thomas Lee, MD, was named vice president of strategy at SynerFuse.
5. Spine surgeon Franklin Lee, DO, joined the practice of Marc Agulnick MD.
6. Neurosurgeon Alexander Küffer, MD, PhD, joined Tampa General Hospital Brooksville (Fla.).
7. New York City-based Montefiore Einstein has added Taikhoom Dahodwala, MD.
8. Syracuse (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists added spine surgeon Mark Wolgin, MD.
9. Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System has named Amit Jain, MD, vice president of care transformation.
10. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons have appointed Luis Manuel Tumialán, MD, as chair of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.
11. Jonathan Rasouli, MD, joined NeuroSpine Plus in Paramus, N.J., after working with Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
12. Paramus-based Modern Orthopaedics of New Jersey has added Joseph Pyun, MD, to its staff.
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