Spine

Three spine surgeons provide their insight on the biggest potential threats to their practice.

Michigan-based neurosurgeon Ratnesh N. Mehra, DO, performed the first neurosurgical procedure on a known COVID-19 positive patient in Detroit.

Myron Rolle, MD, a neurosurgery resident at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has joined the fight against the coronavirus, reports 12Up.com.

James Goodrich, MD, PhD, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N.Y., died on March 30 due to complications associated with COVID-19.

Neurosurgeon Gavin Dunn, MD, PhD, is one of the medical professionals aboard the USNS Mercy, which began accepting patients in Los Angeles on March 29, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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MaRS Discovery District in Toronto General Hospital is accepting applications for its Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge, according to Betakit.

Randall Porter, MD, a neurosurgeon with Phoenix-based Banner Health, aims to bridge the communication gap between patients and their families during the coronavirus pandemic through a new app, reports ABC15 Arizona.

The North American Spine Society issued a call for papers for its new online journal, NASSJ.

Telemedicine services are rapidly increasing across the country after the Trump administration's March 13 declaration to expand Medicare coverage for the technology in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.