Spine

John Shin, MD, is chief of spine neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The prior authorization system is seen as flawed by many surgeons working in orthopedics, spine surgery and beyond. 

Galal Elsayed, MD, a neurosurgeon, has joined the faculty of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center in New York City.

Relievant Medsystems released the Intracept Simulator System, a training program for the Intracept procedure, the company said Sept. 21.

Spine surgeons spend the majority of their days taking care of patients. But what happens when they're the one who's injured?

Khaled Kebaish, MD, is division chief of orthopedic spine surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.

Jonathan Grauer, MD, is chief of spine surgery at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. 

Todd Lanman, MD, launched the ADR Spine Top Doctors in Arthroplasty Program to connect patients with disc replacement surgeons in their regions.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. earned its second Gold Seal of Approval by the Joint Commission for Disease-Specific Care Re-Certification for Spine Surgery.

UP Health System Marquette in Michigan added neurosurgeon Elizabeth Hogan, MD, to the Brain and Spine Center, according to a Sept. 12 news release.