Here are six spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.
Jeffery Gum, MD, of Norton Leatherman Spine Center in Louisville, Ky., is among the Kentucky surgeons who attributed the cause of a rare spine infection to increasing rates of heroin use.
Neurosurgeon Eric Oberlander, MD, recorded 700 cases in one year.
Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services welcomed Yaw Sarpong, MD, to Samaritan Neurosurgery in Corvallis
Reston (Va.) Hospital Center neurosurgeon Jae Lim, MD, is using Enhanced Recovery after Surgery to reduce the risk of opioid addiction.
OrthoIllinois, based in Algonquin, welcomed Tom Stanley, MD.
Continental Who's Who recognized Sripad H. Dhawlikar, MD, as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member in the medical field.