Spine

University College Cork in Ireland paid tribute to Patrick O'Leary, MD, a spine surgeon with Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, who received the hospital's lifetime achievement award earlier this year, according to a report from The Cork…

Here are 10 points discussing the challenges of spine surgery reimbursement today and where the trends are heading in the future. Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!1. Payor’s coverage criteria…

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has opened its new IU Health Neuroscience Center's clinical building.

Vishal Sarwahi, MD, of Montefiore Medical Center, will be presenting on minimally invasive scoliosis surgery at the annual Scoliosis Research Society Meeting in Chicago on Sept. 6.

Here are 24 spine and neurosurgeons for professional football teams.

Thomas Faciszewski, MD, has received the David Selby Award from the North American Spine Society.

Neuralstem has completed the first trial phase for using neural stem cells in the spinal cord for treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, according to Red Orbit.

Robert Watkins, Jr., MD, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon, will perform lower back surgery on Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Justin Sellers, according to an MLB report.

Here are eight surgery centers where spine surgeons perform outpatient artificial disc replacement procedures. If you would like to add a surgery center to this list, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.

Spine surgeons, along with all specialists, are increasingly becoming employed by hospitals for a variety of reasons: starting salary is higher, set working hours and the ability to focus on the clinic instead of worry about the business. However, hospital…