Spine

Melissa Stamates, MD, recently joined Cape Fear Valley Neurosurgery in Fayetteville, N.C., reports Up & Coming Weekly.

Since early January, Becker's Spine Review has reported on three lawsuits involving alleged kickback schemes in spine and orthopedics:

The coronavirus outbreak that has been traced back to Wuhan, China, is affecting providers and device companies in spine and orthopedics.

Dr. Liu Zhiming, a neurosurgeon and director of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital in China, died Feb. 18 from the coronavirus, Bloomberg reports.

Richard Bundschu, MD, was one of 12 physicians who recently published research on high-frequency spinal cord stimulation in Neurosurgery, reports the Herald-Tribune.

It's well documented that spine surgeons have been struggling with rising costs, declining reimbursements and administrative burdens. 

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

Here are six key updates in the treatment of spinal cord injuries in the past six months:

Hammond, La.-based North Oaks Neurosurgery Clinic recently hired Lon Alexander, MD, The Advocate reports.

Lawyers for a Sioux Falls, S.D., spine surgeon are seeking to dismiss a case on the grounds that the surgeon did not violate anti-kickback laws when he used devices from two companies he owned, the Argus Leader reports.