Spine

Alexander Lenard, MD, is a fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon in West Palm Beach, Fla. He's been in practice for more than 10 years and currently serves as the director of spine surgery at a St. Mary's Medical Center. Dr. Lenard…

Nine spine surgeons discuss minimally invasive spine techniques and which they have or will be adding into their surgical repertoires.

The Orthopaedic and Spine Center in Newport News, Va., has recently given a donation to Lackey Free Clinic in Yorktown, Va., according to a Williamsburg Yorktown Daily report.

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery has announced the best paper winners from ISASS13.  

Spine Center Network was developed by Prizm Development, Inc., two years ago and now acts as a national network of credentialed Spine Centers of Excellence for payors and consumers. Inclusion in the network is based on credentialing criteria that includes…

Ram Mudiyam, MD, MBA, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, Calif. He specializes in reconstructive spine surgery.

Aurora Spine, based in Carlsbad, Calif., has appointed Ian Armstrong, MD, medical director of the Southern California Spine Institute in Bakersfield, to its Scientific Advisory Board.

Benjamin R. Cohen, MD, FAANS, FACS, a spine surgeon with Neurological Surgery in Lake Success, N.Y., discusses four ways spine surgeons can help prevent readmissions.

In a recent study published in Spine, researchers performed a subgroup analysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial to determine the risk of same segment or adjacent segment reoperation after lumbar stenosis surgery.

Here are five ideas for spine surgeons to leverage online and internet access to improve their relationship with patients and their clinical practice in the future from Cheryl Zapata, Chief Development Officer of Texas Back Institute.