The International Association of Top Professionals named Robert Holtzman, MD, a neurosurgeon at Neurological Surgery PC in New Hyde Park, N.Y., Doctor of the Decade for 2021, according to a Dec. 9 news release.
Surgeons and specialists are bracing for another challenging year as further Medicare reimbursement cuts are planned, with commercial payers likely to follow suit.
Nima Salari, MD, was reportedly the first spine surgeon to implant the new 12-degree hyperlordotic dualX interbody cage after it was launched by Amplify Surgical.
Neurosurgeon Abdallah Farrukh, MD, has been re-elected to the Antelope Valley Hospital board of directors, which he has served on since 2000, according to the Antelope Valley Press.
Vertebral body tethering, also known as anterior scoliosis correction, is a minimally invasive scoliosis surgery that offers significant benefits over spinal fusion, according to Juan Rodriguez-Olaverri, MD, PhD, director of early-onset scoliosis at NYU Langone in New York City.
A new approach to spinal fusion comes with significant advantages over the traditional open method, according to Themistocles Protopsaltis, MD, chief of spine surgery and co-director of the Spine Center at NYU Langone in New York City.
An appellate court on Dec. 4 upheld an award of more than $112 million for an Indiana spine surgeon who won a royalty dispute against Medtronic, The Indiana Lawyer reports.
NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, N.Y., has added 10 physicians, including spine surgeon Juan Rodriguez-Olaverri, MD, PhD, according to a Dec. 4 announcement.
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, chair of the department of neurologic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., will star in a Netflix documentary series to be released Dec. 9.
Don Park, MD, vice chair of quality and safety at UCLA's orthopedic surgery department, completed the first procedure with SeaSpine's Admiral anterior cervical plating system.
From a spine robot to an innovative microscope and augmented reality goggles, four spine surgeons discuss recent and upcoming capital investments at their practices.
From the acceleration of outpatient migration to the increasing popularity of certain spinal approaches, five spine surgeons discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the field:
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