Spine

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…

Here are six spine surgeons discussing out-of-network contracts for spine surgery.

Here are 30 spine surgeons at physician-owned hospitals.

David W. Polly, MD, and Stefan Parent, MD, received the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Prospective Clinical Research Grant for Spine Care, according to an AAOS Now report.

Attend this webinar to hear the perspective of a leading hospital/health system CEO on the value proposition for developing "boutique" or specialty ASCs focused on spine and orthopedics. Specifically, you’ll hear about the advantages and benefits hospitals can realize when…

Six spine surgeons discuss how the economic downturn has impacted their practices over the past few years.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its proposed physician payment rule, which cuts neurosurgery reimbursement by 1 percent in 2013, according to a North American Spine Society blog report.

Here are five spine surgeons discussing out-of-network contracts for spine surgery.