Spine

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.

Gautier, Miss.-based Bienville Orthopedics' Joseph Cox, MD, led a team of 12 specialists in performing a spine surgery on Stella, a sand tiger shark, local news affiliate WMBF reported Nov. 16.

Chicago-based Rush University is launching the Rush International Spine Education initiative in November to advance spine education among specialists worldwide.

Two spine surgeons and one neurosurgeon have been appointed to the medical advisory board of Proprio, a computational imaging company.