Here are eight spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.
Neurosurgeon Madhavan Pisharodi, MD, received the Kerala Association of Rio Grande Valley's 2015 Life Time Achievement Award.
Edward Dohring, MD, and Issada Thongtrangan, MD, of Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital in Glendale, Ariz., were the first surgeons at an Arizona hospital to use the Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System.
The Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics named Mark Souweidane, MD, chair of its editorial board.
Jeff Lehmen, MD, of SSM Health in St. Louis, received board certification by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Peter Gerszten, MD, MPH, FACS, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Samuel Ryu, MD, of Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York authored the updated Spine Radiosurgery, Second Edition.
Spine Surgery Associates, a Parkridge Medical Group practice in Chattanooga, Tenn., added Adam Caputo, MD, to its team.