Here are five spine surgeons making headlines this past week:
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health Physician Group has hired 19 physicians this year, including spine surgeon William Neway, MD.
The first human clinical trial using stem cells to treat spina bifida has been made possible thanks to a $9 million grant provided Nov. 12 by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, and Paul Park, MD, were the first surgeons to use the ExcelsiusGPS Interbody Solutions system, Globus Medical said in a Nov. 12 news release.
Neurosurgeon Roberto Rey Dios, MD, has joined Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Gifford, Fla., according to a Nov. 12 report by South Florida Hospital News.
Spine Innovations became an independent company Nov. 11, after FH Ortho, its parent company, was acquired by Olympus.
Medtronic selected University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center as the second site east of the Mississippi River for the Stealth Autoguide robotic guidance platform, according to a Nov. 11 press release.
Peter Bono, DO, is a spine surgeon at Southfield-based Michigan Spine and Brain Surgeons in Southfield.
South Lake Tahoe, Calif.-based Barton Health is bringing back health and wellness programs to the Barton Center for Orthopedics and Wellness, according to a Nov. 10 press release.
Warwick, R.I.-based Kent Hospital has started using the Mako robot in total joint procedures, according to a November press release.