Spine

Stanley Jones, MD, an orthopedic spine physician and founder of a Houston medical day spa, performed spine surgery using stem cells on Texas Governor Rick Perry, according to a report in The Texas Tribune.

Neurosurgeon Cyril DeSilva, MD, performed an artificial cervical disc replacement for a patient in Florida last month, who returned to her position as a Florida Highway Patrol officer two weeks after the surgery, according to a News Herald report.

Medtronic has given a $2.5 million grant to Yale University to independently review the safety and effectiveness of its rhBMP-2 product, Infuse, which has recently been associated with more complications than initial company-funded studies reported, according to a North American…

Self-reported whiplash injury was shown clinically relevant because it independently increases subsequent disability pension awards, and achieving the diagnostic label is an important predictor of disability, according to a study published in Spine.

Spine Pain Management has opened a new affiliated diagnostic center in Jacksonville, Fla., according to a company news release.

Weill Cornell Medical College physicians have teamed with Ithaca (N.Y.) engineers to create biologically based spinal implants, according to a Cornell University news report.

Here are 10 spine surgeons who serve as directors for spine fellowship programs across the country.

Michael Hasz, MD, FACS, is a spine surgeon at The Virginia Spine Institute in Reston and was among the first spine surgeons to perform an artificial disc replacement as part of a Food and Drug Administration trial approximately 10 years…

The lateral lumbar interbody fusion, or extreme lateral interbody fusion, approach can be expanded to treat thoracic spine diseases, according to a study published in The Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.

John Dimar II, MD, and Steven Glassman, MD, spine surgeons with Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., have been cited by The Spine Journal as two of the surgeons who co-authored studies that under-reported complications associated with Medtronic's Infuse, according to…