Spine

Sigurd Berven, MD, was added to NovApproach Spine's board of managers, the medtech company said Oct. 12.

The National Spine Health Foundation is adding two new members to its board of directors and appointing Rajiv Sethi, MD, as chair of the medical and scientific board.

Northwest Health-Porter (Ind.) has been selected as a Blue Distinction Center for spine surgery by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana, according to an Oct. 10 report from NWI Life.

Matthews, N.C.-based Southern Pain and Spine Specialists leader Ammar Alamarie, MD, has finished training and certification to implement the Curonix freedom peripheral nerve stimulator for chronic pain treatment. 

Roger Härtl, MD, of New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine, was brought in as a member of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, the hospital said in an Oct. 10 news release.

Joshua Marcus, MD, performed the first procedure with the Total Posterior Spine Surgery system at Nuvance Health Danbury (Conn.) Hospital.

James Harrop, MD, is division chief of spine and peripheral nerve surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

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Courtney Toombs, MD, a minimally invasive spinal surgeon, has joined Patchogue, N.Y.-based Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island, according to an Oct. 5 LinkedIn post.

Amid economic headwinds, spine surgeons are exploring different ways to reduce costs in their practices.