Author: Carly Behm

Here are the most-read articles from Becker's Spine Review from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4:

From a surgeon joining a practice with his wife to where surgeons want to practice abroad, here are seven spine surgeons making the news this week:

Nexxt Spine implanted its first Nexxt Matrixx SA Cervical Turn-Lock System for the spine, according to a Dec. 3 press release.

Zimmer Biomet launched a foundation and a partnership with the NAACP, according to a Dec. 1 press release.

The University at Buffalo (N.Y.) partnered with Buffalo-based startup Garwood Medical Devices to evaluate a device for amputee patients, according to a Dec. 2 press release.

Thomas Cha, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Eric Tobin has been announced as CEO of N2 Biomedical, a company providing coating and surface treatment for medical devices, according to a Dec. 2 press release.

Herschel Beker, MD, a founding member of Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics, is retiring after 30 years, according to a Dec. 1 press release.

Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain and Spine has hired Jonathan Hodes, MD as a neurosurgeon specializing in vascular surgery, according to a Dec. 1 press release.

Gregory Gebauer, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Port Charlotte, Fla.-based Advanced Orthopedic Center.