Spine

Here are eight things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013.

Southlake-based Spine Team Texas announced the addition of Thurston McMillen, MD, to its medical staff.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center at the Spine Institute Northwest in Seattle has earned Joint Commission recertification.  

The North American Spine Society blog "Spine on the Hill" recently posted an update on the efforts to repeal and replace the sustainable growth rate formula.

A. Nick Shamie, MD, was appointed chief of orthopedic spine surgery at David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Laszlo Nagy, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon practicing in Lubbock, Texas, has been appointed as the Robert Moore, MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, according to a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal report.

Resurgens Orthopaedics, based in Atlanta, Ga., has added orthopedic spine surgeon Bennett Grimm, MD, and orthopedic surgeon M. Jonathan Mathers to its team.

Richard Rooney, MD, and Kathy Wang, DO, of NeoSpine in the Puget Sound Area of Washington State, recently performed the state's first stem cell procedure to treat patients with back pain from degenerative disc disease.

Improve patient satisfaction can benefit a spine practice on many levels and lead to word-of-mouth referrals and an improved standing in the community. Here are five physicians and healthcare executives on how to produce happier spine patients.

Here are five tips for spine surgeons to make room for higher patient volume in their clinic.