Spine

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.

Steven Garfin, MD, president of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, recently released a statement on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Here are seven spine surgeons discussing the role of device company representatives in the operating room.

A diet enriched with omega-3 fatty acid and an ingredient in curry spice helps preserve walking ability in rats that experienced spinal cord damage, according to UCLA researchers. The research team from UCLA had its findings published in the Journal…

A recent study in the journal Spine looked retrospectively at all early admissions at a single orthopedic specialty hospital between 2007 and 2009 to analyze what was causing unplanned readmissions.

Here are 20 spine surgeons who have been leaders in spine patient advocacy efforts. Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox! We are constantly updating this list and if you would…

Ziya Gokaslan, MD, a neurosurgeon, performed surgery this morning at the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgical Spine Center on Boston Orioles pitcher Nolan Reimold, according to a Baltimore Sun report. Mr. Reimold, has a bulging disc in his neck with persisting symptoms…

Here are 10 spine surgeons recently on the move. Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox! New York City-based White Plains Hospital welcomed Jared Brandoff, MD, a spine surgeon who has…