Spine

Surgeons and researchers at the University of California, San Francisco recently extracted data on hospital readmissions following spine surgery at UCSF to determine the reason for the readmissions. They found the number of readmissions attributed to the spine surgeons was…

Richard Francis, MD, a spine surgeon at Houston Orthopedic & Spine Hospital, performed the 100th robotic guided spine surgery at the hospital.

Columbia University in New York announced that it received a donation for $200 million from Mortimer B. Zuckerman for the establishment of an institute dedicated to neuroscience research and discovery.

Ronald Wisneski, MD, joined Cape Orthopedics in Lewes, Del., this fall to serve as a spine specialist, according to the Cape Gazette.

David Hanscom, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon in Seattle, recently published a book about treating chronic pain using the mind/body connection called “Back in Control: A spine surgeon’s roadmap out of chronic pain.” In the book, he discusses some of…

Here are eight best practices for increasing spine practice revenue next year.

The North American Spine Society announced its outstanding paper award winners for 2012, according to AAOS Now.

The Alliance of Specialty Medicine has written a letter to both Houses of Congress asking for a solution to the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate as part of the "fiscal cliff" negotiations.

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is embarking on a $7.05 million enhancement of its neuroscience, hospitalist and palliative care programs, according to a Times Leader report.

Aurora Spine appointed Kevin Murphy, MD, to its Advisory Board of Physicians.