Fox Valley Orthopedics is welcoming six surgeons to its team Sept. 1.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between Aug. 10 and 14:

Six spine and neurosurgeons making the news this week:

This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end of this article.

Douglas Crowther, DO, returned to his home state of Colorado to join San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa, Conejos County Citizen reports.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame assemble a medical advisory board, which will be led by Andrew Dossett, MD, a spine surgeon from Dallas.

Neurosurgeon John Cowan, MD, was defeated in the Republican primary runoff for Georgia's 14th congressional district on Aug. 11, Business Insider reports.

Neurosurgeon Zarina Ali, MD, of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has developed a program that helps decrease opioid use and length of stay after elective spine and peripheral nerve surgery.

Beaumont Health, Troy (Mich.) Hospital recently appointed spine surgeon Richard Easton, MD, chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery.

Police in Mobile, Ala., have charged neurosurgeon Jonathan Nakhla, MD, with manslaughter in connection with a single-car crash this month that killed a third-year medical student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Fox 10 TV reports.

Kevin Harrington, entrepreneur and former panel member on ABC's Shark Tank, has invested in CYRx MD Skincare, a company founded by spine surgeon Steven Cyr, MD.

Three spine surgeons received honors in July. 

Neurosurgeon Michael Dorsi, MD, will become director of community neurosurgery at the University of California Los Angeles on Sept. 1.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between Aug. 3 and 7:

Here are seven spine and neurosurgeons making the news this week:

Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD, is the first female neurosurgeon to complete the residency program at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Press Argus-Courier reports.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons announced their opposition to CMS' Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule for 2021, which would reduce neurosurgeon reimbursement rates by at least 7 percent. 

Eight spine and neurosurgeons joined new practices or received new appointments in July:

Spine surgeon James Lin, MD, of New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital has spearheaded a study that looks to provide a more reliable classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis.

Police in Mobile, Ala., are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed Samantha Alison Thomas, a third-year medical student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL.com reports.