Spine

Neurosurgeon Zarina Ali, MD, of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has developed a program that helps decrease opioid use and length of stay after elective spine and peripheral nerve surgery.

Beaumont Health, Troy (Mich.) Hospital recently appointed spine surgeon Richard Easton, MD, chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery.

Police in Mobile, Ala., have charged neurosurgeon Jonathan Nakhla, MD, with manslaughter in connection with a single-car crash this month that killed a third-year medical student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Fox 10 TV reports.

Kevin Harrington, entrepreneur and former panel member on ABC's Shark Tank, has invested in CYRx MD Skincare, a company founded by spine surgeon Steven Cyr, MD.

Three spine surgeons received honors in July. 

Neurosurgeon Michael Dorsi, MD, will become director of community neurosurgery at the University of California Los Angeles on Sept. 1.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between Aug. 3 and 7:

Here are seven spine and neurosurgeons making the news this week:

Heather Pinckard-Dover, MD, is the first female neurosurgeon to complete the residency program at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Press Argus-Courier reports.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons announced their opposition to CMS' Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule for 2021, which would reduce neurosurgeon reimbursement rates by at least 7 percent.