Author: Alan Condon

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHealth partnered with Southeast Missouri State University, also of Cape Girardeau, to provide orthopedic and sports medicine services to its students, reports Southeast Missourian.

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Albemarle County, Va., added David Slottje, MD, and Osmond Wu, MD, to its neurosciences center to keep up with increasing patient demand, reports CBS 19 News.

Scientists from Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan created an EpiPen for spinal cord and brain injuries, reports Nature World News.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's center for image-guided neurosurgery completed its 16,000th gamma knife treatment.

The Tether, Zimmer Biomet's anterior vertebral body tethering treatment for pediatric scoliosis, received FDA approval.

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare adapted the Mazor X robotic surgical system for spinal surgery, reports Spectrum News 1.

Jacquelyn Corley, MD, is a neurosurgical resident at Duke Neurosurgery in Raleigh, N.C.

Alphatec appointed three new executives to leadership roles as the company seeks to boost sales in the western market.

Lancaster, Pa.-based neurosurgeon James Argires, MD, died aged 87, reports Lancaster Online.

Cesar Borlongan, MD, along with four other physicians from Tampa-based University of South Florida, were appointed to the National Academy of Inventors' 2019 class of senior members, reports St. Pete Catalyst.