Spine

Estes Park (Colo.) Medical Center Specialty Clinic has added spine surgeon Matt Gerlach, MD, to its staff, according to a Trail-Gazette report.

This article is written by Barbara Cataletto, MBA, CPC, Chief Executive Officer, Business Dynamics Limited.

Here are five spine surgeons discussing the most common misconceptions patients have when coming into their office.

Over the past decade, spine care technology has exploded. Surgeons and engineers have contributed to new innovations, some of which have revolutionized the field while others haven’t been proven in the literature. However, there is a large category of innovation…

Ashraf Darwish, MD, a recently trained spine surgeon, has joined Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., according to a Chicago Sun-Times report.

Michael J. Musacchio, Jr., MD, and John H. Peloza, MD, opened their ambulatory surgery center, Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, last October with a vision of incorporating emerging technologies that would rival any hospital operating room. This vision included the…

Steven Garfin, MD, president of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, has issued a letter in response to The Health Care Service Corporation on its draft policy for lumbar spinal fusions.

A new study published in the journal Spine reveals that morbidly obese patients who undergo a spinal fusion are twice as likely to have more complications and face more expensive hospital costs.

Here are 10 spine practices using electronic systems.

Anthony Asher, MD, of the Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates in Charlotte, N.C., has been named the director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.