Author: Alan Condon

Neurosurgeon Neal Naff, MD, recently joined the board of trustees at Maryland Historical Society, reports The Daily Record.

Anthony Moreno, MD, is a spine surgeon specializing in scoliosis and kyphosis reconstruction and has been in private practice with Safety Harbor, Fla.-based Moreno Spine and Scoliosis since 1998.

State College, Pa.-based Penn State University named Patrick Drew, PhD, as associate director of the institute of the neurosciences, according to the university's website.

Brainlab launched Loop-X, its mobile intraoperative imaging robot, at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Chicago on Sept. 25.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health is expanding with two new orthopedic and sports medicine centers in Lorain and Oberlin, Ohio, reports Morning Journal.

Abbott received FDA approval for Proclaim XR, a neurostimulation device for people suffering from chronic pain.

Spine surgeons James Osborn, MD, and Garrick Cason, MD, joined Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Comprehensive Spine Institute, reports The Chattanoogan.

Kris Radcliff, MD, is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon with Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute, focusing on minimally invasive spine surgery and artificial disc replacement.

Six spine and neurosurgeons provide insight into what drives them to make their practice the best it can be.

OrthoMed recently launched its reusable nitinol trial rod for lumbar fixation.