Spine

By Rita E. Numerof, Ph.D., Stephen Rothenberg, J.D., of Numerof & Associates, Inc. Adapted from the authors’ contributed chapter [Developing Value-Based Guidelines for the Treatment of Spinal Disorders] in the newly-published book, Defining the Value of Spine Care, Jeffrey A.…

The Board of Directors for Columbus, Ohio, health system OhioHealth announced plans to build a nine-story, 409,000 square foot neuroscience institute on the campus of Riverside Methodist Hospital.

Stephen Hochschuler, MD, founded Texas Back Institute in Plano in 1977 with Ralph Rashbaum, MD, and Richard Guyer, MD. During that time, consensus seemed to believe that the physician's role was to focus on taking care of patients and not…

Here are 20 spine surgeons directing fellowship programs around the country.

Seven spine surgeons and industry experts discuss the best ways to form a positive relationship with local hospitals.

Samuel Bederman, MD, a spine surgeon from the University of California at Irvine's Orthopaedic Spine Center, is pioneering robot-guided surgeries on the cervical spine.

Doug Yeakal, MD, a sports medicine specialist, is joining the Colorado-based Vail-Summit Orthopaedics Spine Team.

Leaders within the North American Spine Society have partnered with organizations from around the country to launch a pilot program for a national spine registry database. "The main purpose of it is to be able to derive information relative to…

Richard Kaul, MD, president of New Jersey Spine & Rehabilitation in Pompton Lakes, recently returned to the Untied States after making his fourth medical mission trip to the Congo as part of the Spine Project Africa. Dr. Kaul established The…

Chicago's Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Minimally Invasive Spine Institute announced it will open its doors April 25, with a little help from a big name in basketball.