Author: Staff

Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, is vice chairman, professor and director of the minimally invasive spine surgery and spine program in the department of neurological surgery at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.

Raymond Hah, MD, is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine of USC. He focuses his practice on minimally invasive spine surgical techniques.

Five individuals who practiced at and operated a New York pain facility pleaded guilty in a six-year, $80 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to the Times Herald-Record.

Stryker expanded the roles of two of its employees after Stuart Simpson, president of joint replacement, left the company.

OrthoGeorgia orthopedic spine surgeon Ryan Schnetzer, MD, made the University of Georgia's 40 Under 40 Alumni list, The Telegraph reports.

A circuit judge raised the award Laserscopic Spinal Centers of America co-founder Joe Samuel Bailey will receive from the remaining assets of the now-closed Laser Spine Institute, Florida Record reports.

Peter Derman, MD, is a surgeon at Plano-based Texas Back Institute.

An orthopedic surgeon that surrendered his privileges at a Michigan-based hospital last year when the hospital came under scrutiny as a result of his actions, could have the ability to practice medicine again, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Technology in the spine field is evolving, and surgeons are reshaping their practices to keep up.

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center renamed its orthopedic building the Sofija and Jorge O. Galante Orthopedic Building.