Spine

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. 

Eight spine and neurosurgeons joined new practices or received new appointments in July:

Spine surgeon James Lin, MD, of New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital has spearheaded a study that looks to provide a more reliable classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis.

Police in Mobile, Ala., are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed Samantha Alison Thomas, a third-year medical student at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL.com reports.

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has appointed Michael Fordyce and Vandy Van Wagener Jr. to its board of directors, according to a Citybizlist reported Aug. 4.

Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro has appointed spine surgeon Larry Todd Jr., DO, as president Aug. 1.