Spine

David Rosenblum, MD, director of the spinal cord injury program at Wallingford, Conn.-based Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, has been appointed medical director of the system's Milne Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Woodbridge Town News reported Nov. 19.

Since the beginning of the year, Becker's Spine Review has reported on 18 hospitals expanding spine programs: 

Spine surgeons in Italy removed a spinal tumor during a four-hour procedure while a grand piano was played to provide a therapeutic effect for the 10-year-old patient, according to Italian magazine Wanted in Rome.

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford has added Rob Hruska, MD, to its surgical team.

From new regulations for commercial payers to limiting reimbursement cuts, four spine surgeons share their post-election hopes.

Surgeons more accurately predicted patient-reported outcomes two years after lumbar spine surgery than patients, according to a study published in Spine.

A tweet from a Tennessee neurosurgeon has received more than 170,000 "likes" for sharing an operating room hack that would benefit anyone who wears eyeglasses, CTV News reports.

A woman has died after being struck by a car Nov. 9 in the parking lot of Athens (Ga.) Spine Center, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.

Renowned spinal neurosurgeon John Collis Jr., MD, died at his home Nov. 10 at 89 years old, according to The National Herald.

Memphis, Tenn.-based Jeffrey Sawyer, MD, is taking a novel approach to treating spinal deformities, local news affiliate WMC5 reports.