Spine

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery and Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai are considered leaders in spine surgery on the East and West Coasts.

Here are 12 spine surgeons who moved to new practices or added to their titles in August.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates has added Troy Bouzakis as its next CEO, according to an Aug. 29 report from the Charlotte Business Journal.

Terre Haute, Ind.-based Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine has added spine specialist Paul Page, MD. 

Here are five numbers worrying spine surgeons right now: 

Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic is growing with two new spine surgeons.

St. Louis Children's Hospital added nView technology for spine and orthopedic surgery.

Spine surgeries are intricate procedures, and patients may be worried about the risks the operations pose. 

Spine surgeon and philanthropist Gary Michelson, MD, and his wife, Alya, donated $120 million to the University of California Los Angeles for its California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy.

Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health – Medical Center East is the first in the state to add Elliquence technology for endoscopic spine surgery.