Spine

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based DISC Surgery Center at Palm Beach opened June 25 and is providing outpatient spine, orthopedic and interventional pain procedures.  Jason Cuéllar, MD, PhD, founding surgeon and medical director of the center, performed the first procedure that…

When Mike Verdon, MD, a neurosurgeon in Dayton, Ohio, first heard about the Ambulatory Specialty Model, his reaction was alarm — not for himself, but for the colleagues he looked up on the CMS participant list. “I looked, I’m not…

Spine surgery has never been more sophisticated. Robotic navigation has improved precision. Endoscopic procedures have made operations less invasive. New lateral approaches continue to expand what surgeons can treat through smaller incisions. Juan Uribe, MD, chief of the division of…

As another class of residents and fellows prepares to enter independent practice, much of the conversation centers on technical readiness and clinical decision-making. Yet, some of the most significant challenges of attending life receive far less attention. The transition from…

Paul Slosar, MD, spent 28 years as a spine surgeon in the San Francisco Bay Area and nearly as long working the margins of the device industry, doing due diligence, serving as chief medical officer at Titan Spine, watching venture…

The case against building an endoscopic spine program usually comes down to arithmetic. The disposable instruments cost more per case than open surgery. And on paper, every patient steered toward a minimally invasive decompression is a patient who did not…

The most advanced thing in spine care by 2028 may not be a robot, a navigation rig or a pair of augmented-reality glasses. According to four surgeons who spoke on a panel at Becker’s Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC…

Healthcare leaders have spent the last two years asking what AI can do. Can it write notes? Analyze research? Predict outcomes? Improve efficiency? At Becker’s 23rd Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, a panel of spine…

Three former surgical services leaders at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Ill., have filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging patient safety violations within the hospital’s neurosurgery service line and retaliation for reporting concerns, according to a June 23 report…

Historically, growth in spine care was relatively straightforward. Perform more procedures. Build more operating rooms. Expand access to new technologies. Increase volume. A growing number of spine leaders believe that formula is becoming outdated. At Becker’s 23rd Annual Spine, Orthopedic…