Spine

Scoliosis Research Society recently sent a letter in response to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota's medical policy IV-85 for the use of bone morphogenic protein.

Red Sox relief pitcher Bobby Jenks underwent emergency surgery in Phoenix following an alleged botched spinal decompression surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to a Boston Globe report.

This is a submitted article written by Alfred O. Bonati, MD, founder of The Bonati Spine Institute in Hudson, Fla.

Twenty years after initially proposing the idea of a specialty spine hospital, the physicians of Nebraska Spine Center in Omaha were finally able to open the doors of their very own, physician-owned spine hospital in August of 2010. Despite several…

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has appointed Lawrence Lenke, MD, as chief of spinal surgery, according to a Washington University news release.

Christ Hospital in Cincinnati will start construction in June on a $265 million project, which will include a 332,000 square-foot orthopedic and spine care facility, according to a Christ news release.

Five spine specialists discuss how they differentiate their spine practices.

Here are 10 spine surgeons who focus on trauma care.

Here are six points comparing spine surgeon compensation. The data is from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data and Physicians Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data, unless otherwise noted.

William Taylor, MD, a spine surgeon at UC San Diego Health System, is one of the pioneers of minimally invasive spine surgery in the United States. He helped found the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery — which has grown…