Author: Alan Condon

The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons inducted Jean-Pierre Michaud, MD, as a fellow member, reports Q961.

CMS removed six spinal procedures from the inpatient-only list in the CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule, issued Nov. 1.

Here are six spine and neurosurgeons making headlines this week. 

Spine surgeon Nitin Khanna, MD, and Franciscan Health in Mishawaka, Ind., are participating in a study on the long-term prognosis for patients undergoing micro decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis, The Times of Northwest Indiana reports

Portsmouth, N.H.-based Atlantic Orthopedics & Sports Medicine added Matthew Quitkin, MD, to its practice on Nov. 1, reports Fosters.

Franklin (Tenn.) Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine opened a second location in Shelbyville, Tenn., this week reports Times-Gazette.

More than 99,000 people watched neurosurgeons Randall Graham, MD, and Bartley Mitchell, MD, remove a tumor from a patient's brain in an awake neurosurgical procedure on Oct. 29, reports The Dallas Morning News.

Stepan Kasimian, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon with Haas Spine – Orthopaedics in Glendale, Calif.

Astura Medical is moving its headquarters from Carlsbad, Calif., to Irving, Texas, effective Nov. 4.

Green Bay, Wis.-based BayCare Clinic is planning to open a new multispecialty facility in Manitowoc, Wis., providing orthopedic and sports medicine services, reports the Herald Times Reporter.