Spine

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

Nadia Fakira, MA, RN, is director of spine services at AdventHealth Neuroscience Institute at AdventHealth Orlando (Fla.), which performs more than 1,500 spine surgeries per year.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first artificial disc replacement in the U.S.

The spinal fusion market size is anticipated to reach $8.64 billion by 2025, according to a market report published by MenaFN.

Nine spine surgeons discuss total disc replacement and how they see the procedure developing in the future.

The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education denied Detroit Medical Center's appeal to keep its neurosurgery residency program, according to The Detroit News.

Blue Shield of California named Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery.

Here are four spine and neurosurgeons who joined new organizations, moved locations or received promotions in January.

A federal jury convicted neurologist Mohammed Zahoor, MD, and three other physicians of participating in a $150 million healthcare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced Feb. 4.

Three spine surgeons discuss how a single-payer healthcare system would impact spine practice in the U.S.