Author: Alan Condon

Here are seven spine and neurosurgeons making headlines this week.

Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., will open a new sports medicine center thanks to a $5 million gift from the Fight For Children charity.

Todd Lanman, MD, and Gornet Matthew, MD, examined the efficacy of Medtronic's Prestige LP device in 2-level cervical disc replacements and published findings in the Journal of Neurosurgery.

Two orthopedic surgeons from Spokane, Wash.-based Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists will travel to Cuba to perform around 65 joint replacements for arthritis patients on Nov. 6, The Spokesman-Review reports.

Wichita, Kan.-based Abay Neuroscience Center welcomed neurosurgeon Ashley Barks, MD, to its practice.

Single-payer healthcare systems allow governments to better regulate costs but have the capacity to extend patient wait times to see surgeons, obtain advanced diagnostic imaging and undergo surgery.

Here are four hospitals that opened or announced new orthopedic facilities in the past month.

Neurosurgeons Edward Scheid, MD, and Louis Noce, MD, joined Morristown, N.J.-based Altair Health on Oct. 23.

Samuel Joseph, MD, performed a robotic endoscopically assisted percutaneous outpatient spinal fusion at Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Fla.

Four spine and neurosurgeons discuss the value of forging partnerships with other providers in the community.