New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery recently named spine surgeon Frank Schwab, MD, vice chair of the HSS Innovation Institute.

Todd Lanman, MD, is founder of Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Spine surgeon Dwight Tyndall, MD, has practiced with Orthopaedic Specialists of Northwest Indiana in Munster for the past 21 years.

Spine surgeon Anthony Yeung, MD, recently retired from Phoenix-based Desert Institute Spine Care, where his son Chris Yeung, MD, is spearheading the practice.

Scott Boden, MD, is a spine surgeon and chair of the department of orthopedics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

Jeffrey Wang, MD, is co-director of the USC Spine Center at Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles and completed his term as president of the North American Spine Society last year.

Kevin Pauza, MD, is an interventional spine specialist and founding partner and principal of Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler.

Andrew Hecht, MD, is chief of spine surgery at New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Health System and professor of orthopedic and neurosurgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Icahn School of Medicine.

Michael Rohmiller, MD, is a dual fellowship-trained spine surgeon with Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.

Jonathan Gottlieb, MD, is a spine surgeon at the Minimally Invasive Spine Center of South Florida in Miami and a former assistant professor in the department of orthopedics at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

John Berry-Candelario, MD, is director of spine and spine oncology at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and medical director of the hospital's spine center.

William Hozack, MD, of Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics, was recently appointed medical director of ValueHealth, a privately-held digital healthcare partner.

Bonnie Mason, MD, founder and former executive director of nonprofit company Nth Dimensions, was recently appointed senior advisor to the company's board of directors.

Fred Naraghi, MD, of Comprehensive Spine Center in San Francisco is moving his practice to Klamath Falls, Ore., in February.

Spine surgeon Patrick Curry, MD, recently joined BoulderCentre for Orthopedics & Spine in Boulder, Colo.

OrthoCarolina's first total talus replacement with a 3D-printed implant was completed by Kent Ellington, MD, who performed the procedure on a 69-year-old patient with long-term avascular necrosis.

Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, recently implanted what was reported to be the first Molybdenum-Rhenium rod in a patient during a spinal fusion on the West Coast.

Hugh Bassewitz, MD, is a spine surgeon with Las Vegas-based Desert Orthopaedic Center, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Thomas Schuler, MD, is founder and CEO of the Virginia Spine Institute in Reston and was a spine consultant for the Washington Redskins for 20 years.

Ciro Randazzo, MD, is a neuroendovascular specialist and chief of neurosurgery at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, N.J.