Spine

Columbia, Mo.-based MU Healthcare is using new MRI technology to better detect spine fractures in teen athletes, according to an April 16 report by NBC affiliate KY3. The system is seeing a rise in low back pain among young athletes,…

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health is implementing an extended-reality platform to support neurosurgical and spine procedures across its network. The technology is being deployed at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick,…

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System has named Amit Jain, MD, vice president of care transformation.  In the role, Dr. Jain will lead systemwide efforts to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, consistency and affordability of care across hospitals and ambulatory practices. He…

Focusing on data and process improvements, payer reform and pushing the technology further are three ways that orthopedic and spine surgeons are looking at the next iteration of robotics.  The robots used for spine and orthopedic procedures are expensive and…

Surgeons at UCI Health are among the first surgeons to use carbon fiber implants in spine surgery, according to an April 14 news release. The first case using the technology at an academic health system was completed in September for…

Spine surgery’s robotic revolution may have hit a wall as the reported use of the technology flattened in recent years for lumbar and cervical cases, according to the American Spine Registry’s 2026 data. Several variables factor into this from costs…

Spine surgeon referrals are crucial to building their business and patient base. Two surgeons discuss the factors that make or break these connections. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about…

Here are 10 health systems and practices hiring spine surgeons and neurosurgeons, using LinkedIn’s job search tool. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 1. HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., seeks an orthopedic spine surgery…

A jury awarded a spine practice $6.4 million in damages after determining that payroll service firm Ataraxis defrauded the group, Idaho Statesman reported April 13. Meridian-based Spine Institute of Idaho hired Ataraxis in 2012 for payroll tax reporting and filings.…

Austin, Texas-based CPIhealth has acquired Midwest Interventional Spine Specialists and Serenity Surgical Center.  Midwest Interventional Spine Specialists, which has clinic locations in Munster and Chesterton, Ind., is led by Shaun Kondamuri, MD, and Satish Dasari, MD. The surgery center is…