Spine

Here are four spine surgeons who have moved to new groups or added to their titles in May.

Carbondale-based Southern Illinois Healthcare Brain and Spine Institute has earned a $50,000 technology grant, according to a May 29 report from the Southern Illinoisan.

As spine surgeons grow in their career, their teaching methods have also changed with time. 

Spine device manufacturer Innovasis and two of its senior executives have agreed to pay $12 million to resolve false claim act allegations. 

Spinal Simplicity and inFormed Consent partnered for patient education, according to a May 29 news release.

Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion is associated with increased opioid usage, according to a study published in the June 15 edition of Spine.

Neurologists in the U.S. earn an average of $343,000 annually, according to Medscape's 2024 "Neurologist Compensation Report," published May 24. 

Healthgrades recently released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for spine surgery, including three in New York. 

Jeffrey Carlson, MD, spine surgeon at Newport News-based Coastal Virginia Surgery Center, has completed the region's first two-level cervical disc arthroplasty using Nuvasive's Simplify cervical disc implants. 

Neurosurgery has the highest average annual pay among physicians, according to Doximity's Physician Compensation Report 2024.