Author: Carly Behm

Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy named Brandon Smith as chief development officer.

David Skaggs, MD, and Theodore Goldstein, MD, are co-directors of Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles.

Aclarion partnered with Denver-based AdventHealth Porter Hospital to add the Nociscan system for identifying chronic lower back pain, according to an Oct. 25 news release. 

West Covina, Calif.-based Samimi Orthopedic Group partnered with Azra Care to automate workflows, according to an Oct. 25 news release.

Healthgrades shared its lists for excellence in spine surgery.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock named Hector Enrique Soriano-Baron, MD, as co-director of spine services, according to an Oct. 24 news release. 

ZimVie's Tether vetrebral body tethering system has been used in more than 2,000 cases, the company said Oct. 24. 

Richard Menger, MD, earned the Samuel Hassenbusch Young Neurosurgeon Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons for the second year in a row, Gulf Coast Media reported Oct. 23. 

Johnson & Johnson MedTech executive vice president and worldwide chair is stepping down, the company said Oct. 23.

The NuVasive Simplify cervical disc replacement implant was found to be superior to anterior cervical discectomy fusion after five years, Globus Medical said Oct. 24.