Here are 11 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this week.
Christian Athanassious, MD, and Michael J. Star, MD, were tapped to lead the new Santa Rosa Orthopaedics total spine health program.
The B.A.C.K. Center and Crane Creek Surgery Center spine surgeon Richard Hynes, MD, was featured in the Herald Times for his efforts performing and instructing the oblique lumbar interbody fusion technique.
Edward Seljeskog, MD, was appointed to a four-year term on the South Dakota Transportation Commission.
Robert Masson, MD, performed the first iMAS reconstruction with Kestrel View.
Reno, Nev.-based spine surgeon James Olson, MD, was featured for his work performing sacroiliac joint surgery for patients with back and leg pain.
Tulsa World featured a business viewpoint profile on Kris Parchuri, MD, a spine surgeon at Spine & Orthopedic Specialists in Tulsa.
Jeffrey Sawyer, MD, was featured in a news report after caring for a young patient with spinal abnormality.
Spine surgeon Jared Brandoff, MD, of White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital was featured in a report from The Journal News discussing the common causes for low back pain and how to prevent it.
Dr. Stuart McGill, director of the Spine Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and Eeric Truumees, MD, an orthopedic surgeon based in Austin, Texas, were featured in a local ABC report discussing how some sex positions can cause back pain.