Spine

Serena Hu, MD, was named the first female president of the Scoliosis Research Society at its annual meeting in Stockholm on Sept. 17, according to a Sept. 22 press release sent to Becker's. 

Here are five spine practices to know:

Alexandre Rasouli, MD, a surgeon at Rasouli Spine in Beverly Hills, Calif., has performed the first successful implantation of Centinel Spine's Prodisc C Vivo cervical total disc replacement product on the West Coast. 

Here are three spine surgeons who have performed spine surgeries on five professional athletes in 2022:

From $11 million in series B funding, to a $9.75 million executive investment, here are five spine grants Becker's readers have been following in the last three months. 

On Sept. 14, Congress heard and signed a bill sponsored by Florida Senator Marco Rubio that designated September 2022 as National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. 

Tennessee-based Elite Sports Medicine and Orthopedics has added orthopedic spine surgeon Elliot Kim, MD, to its team of physicians. 

Becker's reported on two athletes who had spine surgery since Sept. 9.

Halapoulivaati Vaitai, offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions, had spine surgery in Dallas on Sept. 13, according to The Detroit Free Press.

Newsweek ranked the top hospitals worldwide for neurosurgery Sept. 14.