Author: Alan Condon

Over the past month, Becker's has reported on five spine and neurosurgeons who were named to leadership positions:

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has appointed David Skaggs, MD, co-director of its spine center, director of the pediatrics program and executive vice chair of the department of orthopedics.

A motorized hinge table can improve a spine surgeon's workflow during transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy procedures. In addition to opening the intervertebral space for easier access, the table can also assist surgeons with lordosis correction. 

Endoscopic spine surgery is growing in popularity among surgeons in the U.S., but lags growth in Asia and Europe. Reimbursement shackles and a lack of training are two big hurdles affecting its adoption.

Spine surgeon Ross Sherban, MD, has sold a mansion in Ocean Ridge, Fla., for $10.1 million, the South Florida Business Journal reported March 18.

The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences board of trustees on March 18 gave the green light for an $85 million orthopedic and sports medicine project to be developed in Little Rock, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.

Spine surgeon Shawn Henry, DO, was sentenced March 17 to seven and a half years in prison for his role in a $40 million kickback scheme that paid physicians to direct patients to the now-defunct Forest Park Medical Center in…

From research into how evidence-based guidelines affect lumbar spinal fusion to cost savings achieved in bundled payment programs for spine surgery, here are five recent studies drawing interest from surgeons:

The global regenerative medicine market is projected to reach $39 million by 2030, up from $8.2 million in 2019, according to market research company P&S Intelligence.

Phoenix-based The CORE Institute has relocated its Gilbert, Ariz., center to a new facility with 20,000 square feet of extra space, Community Impact Newspaper reported March 17.