Spine

A Delaware man is suing Aziyo Biologics and Medtronic alleging he was infected with tuberculosis after receiving an infected spine allograft, which was produced and distributed by the two companies.

Darrel Brodke, MD, has been appointed chair of the orthopedic department at the University of Utah's Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine and CEO of orthopedic musculoskeletal services for U of U Health, both in Salt Lake City.

U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals for Neurology & Neurosurgery 2020-21 was published June 15, ranking 50 centers for pediatric neurosurgery and serious neurological conditions.

Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center launched a minimally invasive spine surgery program in April, The Berkeley Independent reported June 16.

Private equity has the potential to help keep spine practices independent, but it doesn't come without risk, according to Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, of the Robotic Spine Institute of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos, Calif.

A 500-pound man with debilitating back pain was turned away from four spine surgeons in Ohio before Minnesota neurosurgeon Hamid Abbasi, MD, PhD, agreed to take on the case with a unique approach.

 John Berry-Candelario, MD, was hired at Novant Health Spine Specialists - Ballantyne in Charlotte, N.C., the health system said June 15.

Two surgeon-owned centers and three more spine practices to know:

Neurosurgeon Dave Atteberry, MD, is competing against two other physicians for a position as chief medical officer on the Yakima (Wash.) Health District Board of Health, according to YakimaHerald.com.

A lawsuit over Aetna Life Insurance's spine surgery coverage that was originally dismissed in 2019 will now go forward, according to a motion granted June 11.