Author: Sophie Eydis

Neurosurgery continues to advance through innovations in brain tumor treatment, cerebrovascular care, spine surgery, functional neurosurgery and minimally invasive techniques. Across the country, a select group of neurosurgeons is helping shape the field through clinical excellence, groundbreaking research, leadership and…

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo hip and knee replacement surgery. Surgeons can often predict how the operation itself will go. What surgeons have historically struggled to predict is something far more important: how any individual patient will…

The University of Miami Health System has opened an early-intervention spine clinic aimed at patients with persistent back pain whose needs fall between conservative treatment and traditional spine surgery. The clinic is led by Michael Wang, MD, professor of neurological…

Orthopedic devicemaker Enovis has released the DonJoy Spinamic Hybrid Scoliosis Brace, a new treatment option for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. The brace combines rigid corrective elements with a flexible mesh vest, aiming to provide spinal curve correction while improving comfort…

Tan Chen, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System, where he specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, outpatient procedures, enhanced recovery after surgery and complex spinal reconstructions. Dr. Chen has particular expertise in motion…

Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates expanded primary and orthopedic care services with a renovated facility in Rensselaer, N.Y., according to a June 5 report by ABC affiliate WTEN. The expansion adds walk-in and same-day primary care access…

For years, spine surgeons could tell patients how often hip and knee replacements fail. They could not do the same for cervical disc replacement. The procedure has grown rapidly over the last two decades, with hundreds of thousands of implants…

Most of healthcare is moving toward consolidation. Travis Doering, MD, is betting the future may move in the opposite direction.  After years practicing in a large orthopedic group, the Austin, Texas-based hand, upper-extremity and peripheral nerve surgeon recently launched two…

The first patient has been implanted in a Defense Department-funded clinical trial evaluating Neuronoff’s Injectrode device for the treatment of neurogenic bladder in people with spinal cord injury. The study is being conducted at UT Health Houston under principal investigator…

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, selected Steven Schiff, MD, PhD, as director of the Fogarty International Center and NIH associate director for international research. Dr. Schiff began the role June 4. Dr. Schiff previously served as the…