Spine

On Sept. 1, Gelareh Zadeh, MD, PhD, will become the first female neurosurgery chair in Canada, assuming the role of chair of neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, The Globe and Mail reports.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between Aug. 17 and 21:

Columbus Children's Foundation, a nonprofit biotech organization, has appointed neurosurgeon Krystof Bankiewicz, MD, PhD, president and CEO, according to an Aug. 20 news release.

Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association have found relative success with the resumption of play during the COVID-19 pandemic in their respective campaigns.

Providence, R.I.-Based University Orthopedics has welcomed the return of Eren Kuris, MD, after he spent one year away completing a spine surgery fellowship.

Lawson, Mo.-based spine surgeon Jason Montone, DO, and distributor John Balzer of Lenexa, Kan., have agreed to plead guilty to charges of conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks and obstructing the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into that kickback scheme.

Total disc arthroplasty using the anterior approach was the 23rd most expensive procedure done in ASCs in 2019, according to a Definitive Healthcare ranking.

Following are four spine surgeons who graduated from the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute fellowship program in Philadelphia this year and where they are taking their practices:

Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine has appointed Michael Lim, MD, chair of its department of neurosurgery, effective Sept. 1

MyMOC, a startup tackling physician burnout with its MOCingbird app, opened an office in North Kingstown, R.I., in August, The NK Standard-Times reports.