Daveed D. Frazier, MD, of New York City Spine, earned recognition as a 2018 Top Doctor in Morristown, N.Y. By Megan Wood - 3/23/18

Here are the 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between March 19 and March 23. By Megan Wood - 3/23/18

5 points on cost variation in spinal deformity surgery episodes of care By Laura Dyrda - 3/23/18

Low back pain is the leading cause worldwide of years lost to disability, and its burden is increasing along with a growing — and aging — population. A viewpoint article in The Lancet calls for action on this global problem. By Shayna Korol - 3/22/18

Four spine surgeons recount the moments in their career when they have felt the proudest. By Anuja Vaidya - 3/22/18

Planet TV Studios featured Harry Shufflebarger, MD, director of the division of pediatric spinal surgery at Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital. By Megan Wood - 3/22/18

A Spine study found lumbar spine paraspinal muscle atrophy in astronauts after long-term spaceflight.   By Shayna Korol - 3/22/18

New York City-based Maimonides Medical Center CEO and President Kenneth Gibbs, along with chair of surgery Patrick Borgen, MD, and chair of orthopedics Jack Choueka, MD, cut the ribbon on the Maimonides Spine Center in Brooklyn. By Shayna Korol - 3/22/18

Does the Bryan cervical disc reduce adjacent segment disease when compared with fusion? By Laura Dyrda - 3/22/18

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for March 22, 2018. By Megan Wood - 3/22/18

4 key findings on how obesity affects spine patient outcomes — is it as bad as originally thought? By Laura Dyrda - 3/22/18

Manish Shah, MD, is pediatric neurosurgeon at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston. Dr. Shah makes annual trips to Haiti to perform endoscopic surgery on children with hydrocephalus, according to The Princeton Alumni Weekly. By Shayna Korol - 3/21/18

Researchers from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus investigated the impact of chronic opioid therapy on complications following spinal fusion surgery. By Megan Wood - 3/21/18

The Scoliosis Research Society collaborated with the International Spine Study Group Foundation and several spine industry leaders to complete the Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis II study. By Shayna Korol - 3/21/18

Researchers investigated factors related to rod slippage with magnetically controlled growing rods, in a new study published in Spine. By Megan Wood - 3/20/18

Republican-backed candidate Jim Maxwell, MD, began his campaign to replace late Representative Louise Slaughter, D, in Congress, according to WHEC. By Mackenzie Garrity - 3/20/18

Following a preliminary hearing, a judge ruled Toronto, Canada-based neurosurgeon Mohammed Shamji, MD, PhD, will stand trial for the first-degree murder of his wife Elana Fric-Shamji, MD, The Toronto Star reports. By Shayna Korol - 3/19/18

Ramsin Benyamin, MD, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means on behalf of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. In the testimony, ASIPP proposed a three-tiered approach to curb opioid abuse and deaths while maintaining appropriate access and promoting nonopioid treatments for pain. By Shayna Korol - 3/19/18

Here are nine spine and neurosurgeons making headlines. By Shayna Korol - 3/16/18

Retired orthopedic spine surgeon and former circus performer Neil Kahanovitz, MD, led a group of investors that bought the New York City-based Big Apple Circus, The Washington Post reports. By Shayna Korol - 3/16/18