Author: Carly Behm

James Mooney, MD, is thinking ahead about the future of healthcare from ways AI can support his work as a minimally invasive and complex spine surgeon to a shift toward value-based care. Dr. Mooney, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,…

With 25 years since disc replacement was debuted in the U.S., Scott Blumenthal, MD, is looking forward to new opportunities ahead. Dr. Blumenthal of Texas Back Institute in Plano, has made important strides in disc replacement’s U.S. foothold, and this…

Here are 10 hospitals and practices hiring spine surgeons and neurosurgeons, using LinkedIn’s job search tool: 1. Ochsner Health in Kenner, La., seeks a neurosurgeon. 2. Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Phoenix seeks a spine surgeon. 3. Northwestern University Feinberg School…

AI in spine care has been commonly leveraged to support administrative tasks, but one of its real potentials lies in imaging, David Skaggs, MD, said. Dr. Skaggs, co-director of the Spine Center at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, shared his outlook…

Regenerative medicine in spine and orthopedics is a promising area of care with medtech companies pushing into the space and physicians exploring their options. Here’s what spine and orthopedic experts predict for the short- and long-term. In 12 months Brian…

Spinal fusion has long been “the gold standard” in spine surgery, but motion-preserving techniques have become more attractive to physicians and patients in recent years.  Spine surgeons discuss how they balance the nuances behind the traditional and newer options available…

The AxioMed disc replacement implant was found to effectively reproduce key stiffness characteristics and natural-like motion behaviors of the lumbar spine, according to a Nov. 18 news release from KIC Ventures. The study published in Clinical Biomechanics tested AxioMed in…

Here are seven key spine studies Becker’s has reported about since Oct. 13: 1. Interventional pain management physicians performing sacroiliac joint fusions had no complications when supervised and trained by a spine surgeon and low complication rates without surgeon oversight,…

Aurora Spine saw a 7.1% year-over-year decrease in third-quarter sales, according to financial results posted Nov. 18. Five things to know: 1. Quarterly sales were $4.43 million, which is down from $4.77 million in the same time last year. This…

Medtronic saw 6.6% year over year growth in the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, according to financial results posted Nov. 18. Five things to know: 1. Medtronic saw $9 billion in global revenue, and $4.5 billion in U.S. sales.…