Here are the most-read articles from Becker's Spine Review during the week of Feb. 8-12:
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From a surgeon joining the Super Doctors Hall of Fame to a surgeon coming back to The Steadman Clinic, here are four spine surgeons making headlines this week:
Jerry Summers has died 10 years after former neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, MD, performed spine surgery on him at Baylor Medical Center in Plano, Texas, ABC affiliate Local 24 News reported Feb. 11.
Fauquier Health in Warrenton, Va., aims to become a leader in robotic surgery after recently installing the ExcelsiusGPS and da Vinci Xi robots, the Fauquier Times reports.
Devicemaker Conformis announced Feb. 11 a public offering of common stock.
J. Barton Williams, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Memphis, Tenn.-based OrthoSouth, has died at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis at age 36, according to the Daily Memphian.
Ben Garrido, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Mooresville, N.C.-based Lake Norman Medical Group.
Centinel Spine's Stalif M Flx was named as a top anterior lumbar interbody fusion 3D-printed cage by SpineMarketGroup.
Despite elective surgery restrictions last year, Kevin Debiparshad, MD, has tripled the number of limb-lengthening procedures he performs year over year.
From more details on Zimmer Biomet's plan to spin off its spine business to NuVasive bolstering its surgeon education program, here are the latest device company notes: