Spine

Lauren Ostling, MD, a specialist in minimally invasive spine surgery and image-guided neurosurgery, has joined Norwood, Ohio-based Mayfield Brain & Spine, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported July 6.

From the new leader of a medical society to a neurosurgeon growing an Arkansas program, here are seven spine surgeons joining new practices or adding to their titles in June:

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has performed 100 two-port fetoscopic surgeries for spina bifida, according to a June 30 announcement.

Christopher Good, MD, debuted a two-level lumbar disc replacement in the Washington, D.C., area, according to a June 30 news release.

Five spine surgeons discuss flaws in current value-based systems and offer solutions to make the models more effective for spine providers and patients.

Zachary Tempel, MD, and Michael Kachmann, MD, neurosurgeons at Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine Clinic said their proudest achievements in the first half of 2021 included milestone surgeries and research.

A South Carolina hospital, an orthopedic practice and three more hospitals and practices adding spine surgery programs in the first half of the year:

A group of spine surgeons created a patient guide that outlines when a person should consider artificial disc replacement and when to see a physician for herniated disc symptoms.

From a surgeon marking 200 robot-assisted spine surgeries in children to surgeons performing landmark cases in their regions, here are six notable updates in pediatric spine surgery so far this year:

Halfway through the year, spine surgeons are reflecting on what they've accomplished so far. Six spine surgeons told Becker's their triumphs: