Frank Phillips, MD (Rush University Medical Center, Chicago). Dr. Phillips was among the early adapters of minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques and has spent his career pioneering the field. He is a founder, board member and past president of the Society…
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Frank Cammisa, MD (Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City). Dr. Cammisa is the chief of spine service at Hospital for Special Surgery where his expertise includes minimally invasive surgery, motion preservation, computer-assisted surgery and athletic spinal injuries. He also serves as…
Eric Truumees, MD (Seton Spine & Scoliosis Center, Austin, Texas). Dr. Truumees is a spine surgeon at Seton Brian & Spine Institute. He previously served as an attending surgeon at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan and clinical director at the Harold W. Gehring…
Douglas Won, MD (SpineCARE, Irving, Texas). Dr. Won was among the first surgeons in Texas to perform endoscopic laser spine surgery with a 3mm incision. He is the founder of SpineCARE, which includes 12 locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is affiliated…
Dennis Crandall, MD (Sonoran Spine Center, Mesa, Ariz.). Dr. Crandall is the founder of Sonoran Spine Center and the Sonoran Spine Research and Education Foundation, a non-profit corporation that funds college scholarships for people with spinal deformities, spine research projects and educational…
Two Walgreen Co. executives have stepped down in the wake of an abrupt $1.1 billion cut in the company's pharmacy-unit earnings forecast for fiscal year 2016, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
If you've never Googled a healthcare service, you may want to consider your life — or your community — fairly comfortable.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's medical device tax failed to bring in the $1.2 billion the Internal Revenue Service expected during the during second and third quarters of fiscal year 2013, a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration…
A recent article from MedPage Today examines physician spouses, featuring pediatric neurosurgeon David Sandberg, MD, and his wife, Amy Schefler, MD, who is a pediatric ocular oncologist.
Last week Orthofix announced the company would delay releasing second quarter financial reports until they were able to adjust issues with their calculations. Today, the company said it would restate the prior period's financial statements for the 2011, 2012 and…