Spine

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has welcomed back Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center providers and staff, according to an Oct. 15 report from ABC affiliate WLOS.

Stephen Smith, MD, and Ryan Roeder, PhD, collaborated to create a newly FDA approved spine implant, NBC affiliate WNDU reported Oct. 12.

Zachary NaPier, MD, joined Indiana Spine Group, the Carmel-based practice said in an Oct. 12 Facebook post. 

Puya Alikhani, MD, is chief of spine surgery at the University of South Florida in Tampa. 

Ten spine surgeons shared the opportunities they see to grow revenue at their practices amid economic headwinds.

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.