Spine

UC San Diego Health has become the first health system in the world to perform an anterior cervical spine surgery using a fully personalized implant tailored to a patient’s anatomy, according to an Aug. 28 system news release.  The July…

At Medical City Fort Worth (Texas), Paul Henry Cho, MD, is pushing forward spine innovation. Dr. Cho completed the hospital’s first motion-preserving surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis.  For that case, other spinal fusion alternatives were considered, but…

Anthony Giuffrida, MD, of The Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute in Fort Lauderdale, performed the first basivertebral nerve ablation using Stryker’s Optiblate system in South Florida. His patient was a 73-year-old man with chronic axial low back pain and Modic…

Aurora Spine recorded $4.5 million in revenue during the second quarter of 2025, according to an Aug. 29 news release from the company. Here are eight more notes on the company’s second quarter:

Carlsmed, a spine company developing personalized implants, saw a 99% increase in its second quarter revenue year over year, according to financial results posted Aug. 28. Five things to know: 1. Second-quarter revenue was $12.1 million compared to $6.1 million…

Finding ways to cut unnecessary spending is crucial for healthcare organizations and surgeons, especially when it comes with the added benefit of enhancing operations. Robert Huler, MD, is a spine surgeon at OrthoIndy, a large physician-owned single and multispecialty hospital…

East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics added Christopher McDonald, MD, to its Center for Spine Health. Dr. McDonald has fellowship training in spine and orthopedic trauma surgery, according to an Aug. 28 news release shared with Becker’s. He earned his medical…

Bloomfield, Conn.-based Advanced Orthopedics New England has added spine surgeon Alex Ha, MD, to its office as part of an expansion across central Connecticut, according to an Aug. 28 report by we-ha.com.  Dr. Ha specializes in adult spinal deformity, scoliosis,…

Eliminating prior authorization, accelerating Medicare’s inpatient-only phaseout and shifting toward outcomes-based reimbursement are among the top policy changes spine surgeons say would improve access and reimbursement in spine care. Five spine surgeons recently connected with Becker’s to share the single…

Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center launched a new Back & Neck Health Center, and Andrew Hanna, DO, is medical director of the new facility, according to a news release. The Back & Neck Health Center is housed in the MemorialCare…