Here are 12 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who were in the news over this past week.
Alexander Vaccaro, MD, was named president of Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute and chairman of orthopedics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
Neurosurgeon Joe Sam Robinson, MD, in partnership with a former state senator, donated a TV station to Mercer University for local programming.
Bryan Bollinger, DO, a neurosurgeon focused on treating degenerative and traumatic spinal conditions with minimally invasive and open techniques, joined Geisinger-Lewistown (Pa.) Hospital.
Former neurosurgeon, author and speaker Ben Carson, MD, spoke out this past week on various national news outlets about the riots in St. Louis.
Lali Sekhon, MD, a surgeon with Sierra Neurosurgery Group, became the first physician in northern Nevada to perform oblique lumbar interbody fusion.
A new healthcare-focused podcast series' pilot episode will feature Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based Marina Spine Center's Robert Watkins, MD, and David Chang, MD.
Santa Rosa Orthopaedics names Christian Athanassious, MD, spine health program co-director.
Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., welcomed Mark Foster, MD.
Laser Spine Institute's new Cleveland location welcomed Jeffrey F. Shall, MD; the new Cincinnati location welcomed Thomas Francavilla, MD.
Paul Lane, MD, a spine surgeon, affiliated with South Georgia Medical Center.