Newsweek ranked the top hospitals worldwide for neurosurgery Sept. 14.

Atrium Health Wake Forest (N.C.) Baptist has opened a new orthopedic and spine care center — Orthopedics & Spine Care - Medical Plaza Miller — that will be led by David O'Brien, MD, a spine specialist board-certified in physical medicine and rehab, pain medicine and sports medicine. 

Neurosurgeon James Wang, MD, will be chief medical officer of Chengdu Wanda UPMC Hospital in China.

A Colorado man developed a rare spine and brain condition after a monkeypox infection, according to a Sept. 13 report from the CDC.

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Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Jake McCabe underwent spine surgery, the team said Sept. 13.

A deal between Canada's Manitoba province and Sanford Health Fargo (N.D.) to treat Canadian spine patients on a wait list has ramped up since February, the Winnipeg Free Press reported Sept. 12.

Mohamad Bydon, MD, of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, operated on Gov. Kristi Noem, according to a Sept. 12 news release from the South Dakota government.

Rush University System for Health has entered a partnership with Franciscan Health hospitals to provide easier access to healthcare in Northwest Indiana. 

Artificial intelligence showed high predictive accuracy when selecting surgical candidates for lumbar spinal stenosis compared to a panel of spine experts, according to a study published in the European Spine Journal.

Kingsley Chin, MD, is stepping down as CEO of NanoFuse Biologics following the company's merger into a newly formed medtech company.

Becker's has reported on four studies since Aug. 23 that spine and orthopedic surgeons should know.

Endoscopic spine surgery, robotic procedures and spinal deformity cases are among the skills that these eight spine surgeons are focused on mastering in the next five years.

Board-certified orthopedic surgeon Robert Crowell, MD, has joined Morrow County Hospital in Mount Gilead, Ohio, according to a Sept. 5 report from the Morrow County Sentinel. 

Many physicians see endoscopic spine surgery as a key growth opportunity in the next five years, but argue the U.S. needs more endoscopic training programs and the reimbursement structure must be improved. 

Frederick (Md.) Health Medical Group is expanding into spine and brain care by adding neurosurgeon Ravi Yalamanchili, MD, according to The Frederick News-Post.

Neurosurgeon Lokesh Tantuwaya, MD, 55, on Sept. 1 pleaded guilty to accepting about $3.3 million in bribes for performing spine surgeries at the now-defunct Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, Calif.

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Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital on Aug. 31 broke ground on the Adams Neurosciences Center 16 months after the project was announced, according to the Hartford Courant. 

Today show host Carson Daly had an anterior lumbar interbody fusion Aug. 30.