Spine

Malini Narayanan, MD, Charles Winters, MD, and Said Osman, MD, have begun to practice at the American Spine Waldorf, Md., location. Dr. Osman is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon. Dr. Narayanan and Dr. Winters are board-certified neurosurgeons.

Victory Healthcare, a for-profit community medical center firm based in The Woodlands, Texas, will lease property to reopen and operate The Hospital at Craig Ranch, a 24-bed surgical hospital in McKinney, Texas.

In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, researchers conducted a study of the correlation between lumbar epidural steroid injections and vertebral body fractures.  

The Concierge Medicine Research Collective released new data on concierge medicine in the U.S., based on surveys and polls from physicians between 2009 and 2012.

Frisco Spine has welcomed Patrick Cindrich, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon, and opened a new office location in Denison, Texas.

Lawrence Chin, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon, has established a practice in Watertown, N.Y., according to a wwnytv.com report.

Retirement might be far away or right around the corner, but all spine surgeons should have a retirement plan and money put away annually for their golden years. How much to put away and where to put it really depends…

Five spine surgeons discuss five of the largest challenges they are grappling with and strategies for coping with the forces that are shaping the future of spine.

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, June 6, 2013.

Richard Kube, MD, and Brian Gill, MD, discuss how their spine practices are affected by reimbursement issues.