Author: Alan Condon

Here are four innovations designed by spine and neurosurgeons in the past month:

Neurosurgeon Manish Shah, MD, recently worked with scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to create a pediatric imaging device that does not require infants to be put under anesthesia.

Orthopedic surgeon Glen Arthur Barden, MD, was recently selected to receive the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga., The Tifton Gazette reports.

Zimmer Biomet on May 11 posted a first quarter net loss of $509 million, dropping from a net profit of $246.1 million for the same period last year.

The spine surgery program at Stormont Vail Hospital was recently designated as a Blue Distinction Center by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, WIBW reports.

Spinal implant manufacturer ChoiceSpine recently onboarded Andy Broyles as its first chief financial officer, Knox News reports.

After almost seven weeks since effectively ceasing all nonessential surgeries, Hospital for Special Surgery is making a gradual return to performing urgent procedures.  

Here are three spine surgeons who received honors, awards or promotions in April:

Here are the top 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between May 4 and May 8:

Ashtin Neuschaefer on May 4 was appointed executive director of the Scoliosis Research Society, following in the footsteps of Tressa Goulding, who served in the role for 26 years.