Here are 12 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this week.
Patrick Hitchon, MD, a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, was appointed associate editor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Spine surgeons Suken Shah, MD, and Alpesh Patel, MD, were chosen for the ABC Traveling Fellowship where they'll be visiting the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Shawn Hermenau, MD, of Desert Spine Institute in Yuma, Ariz., used the Mobi-C technology for a one-level disc replacement for the first time in his practice.
Spine surgeon Brian Scholl, MD, developed software for physicians — specifically orthopedic and neurosurgeons — to ease the ICD-10 transition.
Pediatric neurosurgeon Jonathan Martin, MD, will now see patients at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford after the hospital entered into a partnership with Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.
Rockford Spine Center physicians Michael Roh, MD, Christopher Silva, MD, and Fred Sweet, MD, were featured in Newsweek's "Surgical Insights" section.
Neurosurgeon Harold Hess, MD, developed the Minuteman G3 through his company Spinal Simplicity and used it for the first time at Blue Valley Hospital.
Dallas-based spine surgeon Sean M. Jones-Quaidoo, MD, added the CoverEdge Surgical Leads for his SpineVue clinic.
Gillette-Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Minn., surgeon Tenner Guillaume, MD, became one of the first surgeons in the region to implant the MAGEC rods in pediatric scoliosis patients.