Author: Staff

This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World" edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end…

University of Alabama at Birmingham named Steven Theiss, MD, the department of orthopedics’ first-ever chairman.

Keith Berend, MD, founding physician of Joint Implant Specialists in New Albany, Ohio, is among the initial surgeons to participate in the clinical trial of MyMobility, the app launched through a partnership between Zimmer Biomet and Apple.

Justin Park, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon with The Maryland Spine Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.

Raymond Gardocki, MD, a surgeon at Memphis, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopedics, discusses spine technology trends for the future.

Michael F. Coscia, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy.

Neurosurgeon Dr. Dominic Thompson performed one of the first fetal spina bifida surgeries in the U.K. at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, according to the BBC.

American Legion Carl E. Rogen Post 29 donated $25,000 to Watford City, N.D.-based McKenzie County Healthcare Systems to purchase orthopedic surgical instruments, The Roundup reports.

The spinal cord contributes to complex hand functions, according to a study in Nature Neuroscience and reported by Western News.

Large opioid prescriptions are unnecessary after total joint arthroplasty, according to a study in The Journal of Arthroplasty.