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Randall Dryer, MD, is a spine surgeon at the Central Spine Institute in Austin, Texas.

Here are spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who recently received awards or promotions.

A study presented at the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery 2016 Annual Forum examined the economic impact of oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusions on hospital efficiency.

An Oregon jury awarded the plaintiffs in a failed spine surgery case $4.5 million after a procedure "seriously altered [the patient's] sex life with his wife," according to a report in The Oregonian. 

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New York Presbyterian Columbia Orthopedics in New York City welcomed Wakenda Tyler, MD, as its new chief of orthopedics oncology.

The Milwaukee Bucks opened the Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Science Center, its new training center located in Milwaukee, according to the NBA.

The NFL's CMO Allen Sills, MD, is advocating for research on players using marijuana to manage pain, according to The Washington Post.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Jerome Adams, MD, as the new surgeon general, Medscape reports.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine and Martinsburg, W.Va.-based Berkeley Medical Center are boosting their neuroscience and neuromuscular offerings, according to WEPM.com.