Author: Alan Condon

Christopher Kager, MD, is a neurosurgeon with Lancaster (Pa.) NeuroScience & Spine Associates and chief, division of neurosurgery at Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital of Lancaster General Health Physicians NeuroScience & Spine Associates.

Wisconsin State Legislature representative Jimmy Anderson, D-Fitchburg, introduced a bill to devote $10 million per biennium to provide grants for spinal cord injury research in Wisconsin.

Here are three neurosurgeons taking on new roles.

Jeremy Greenlee, MD, of the department of neurosurgery at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

The FDA provided 510(k) clearance for the Cygnus anterior cervical plate system from MiRus, reports News Medical.

Orthopedic surgeon James Scott, MD, joined the board of directors at Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Health System, reports Albany Herald.

The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore partnered with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to create 3D-printed shoulder models to help with surgical planning, reports Akron Beacon Journal.

Utica, N.Y.-based St. Elizabeth Campus of Mohawk Valley Health System earned the Center of Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery accreditation by Surgical Review Corporation, reports The Oneida Daily Dispatch.

The Center for Spine Health at Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics added Dominic Thomas Kleinhenz, MD, to its medical staff.

Here are six spine and neurosurgeons making headlines this week.