Spine

Here are three spine surgeons who moved to new practices or changed their titles in March:

Todd Lanman, MD, a neurosurgeon and practice owner based in Beverly Hills, Calif., performed a laminectomy at the View Hospital in Qatar, an affiliate of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Gulf Times reported April 3. 

3Spine has completed the 50th lumbar total joint replacement using its Motus system, which is currently under FDA investigational device exemption, and its 150th real-world evidence lumbar fusion control case, according to a March 30 press release sent to Becker's. 

Neurosurgeon David Barnett, MD, has launched an informational website for patients living with spinal disorders. 

Global medical technology company Surgalign ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with $20.6 million in revenue, following an expansion of its Holo Portal guidance platform into Virginia and Texas. 

Tyler Smith, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon at Roseville, Calif.-based Sutter Health, has completed his 50th case using Augmedics' Xvision spine navigation system, according to a March 28 tweet from Augmedics. 

ChatGPT has already been used by some health systems to ease clinical burdens. However, not all spine surgeons are keen to utilize the artificial intelligence software in their own practice. 

Spine surgeon Thomas Raley Jr., MD, may lose his license as he serves a three-year sentence for a drug kickback scheme, The Baltimore Sun reported March 30.

Female physicians are increasingly pursuing careers in neurosurgery, a historically male-dominated field. Many female patients are eager to receive care from women neurosurgeons and report feeling more comfortable due to their shared gender experience.

Although orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons have different training backgrounds, their outcomes for spine surgery were largely the same, according to a study published in Spine.