Spine

Comprehensive spine and pain management practices must include several key components to care for patients: behavioral therapy, functional rehabilitation and interventional care. These components should be coordinated for each individual patient to optimize treatment success.

James Lloyd, MD, of  Brookfield, Wis., had a marketing problem. He needed patients and had built a beautiful, information-filled website with all of the necessary components: bio, patient information and a large education section. It had all the right keywords…

Michael Roh, MD, the co-founder of the Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center spoke about modern spine surgery techniques at the annual OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Theodor Lang May Day Conference in Rockford, according to a Rockford Register Star report. The…

Five spine surgeons discuss the biggest challenges in spine surgery today.

In 2006, a Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) panel evaluated key questions related to the clinical outcomes associated with spinal fusions for patients with degenerative disc disease. The panel examined whether the evidence supported spinal fusions as…

Here are 21 spine surgeon leaders for non-profit hospitals.

Spine surgeons at the Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, have reportedly shown a high rate of accuracy and success in placing pedicle screws in pediatric patients to correct scoliosis.

The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City announced plans to open a sports medicine center and spine center in Overland Park, Kan., July 30.

Last week the Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its individual mandate, which requires all Americans to purchase insurance by 2014. At the same time, the Court struck down the ACA's Medicaid expansion for individual…

Stephen T. Onesti, MD, a neurosurgeon specializing in spine and director of neurosurgery for South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., has been appointed to the Nassau County Medical Society board of directors.