Spine

Medical City Frisco (Texas) installed the Machine-Vision Image Guided Surgery platform, which helps physicians properly position their tools without radiation, CBSDFW reports.

Three reports showed increased demand and pay for neurosurgeons this year:

Morristown, N.J.-based Altair Health, a physician-managed health system focused on spine care, added interventional spine and pain specialist David Bandola, MD, to its team, according to TAP into Wayne.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System has chosen neurosurgeon Steven Kalkanis, MD, to become CEO of Henry Ford Medical Group, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

Japanese neurosurgeon Phyo Kim, MD, PhD, traveled to Noblesville, Ind.-based RiverView Hospital to observe Hamid Abbasi, MD, performing an oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion, the Crookston Times reports.

Seven spine and neurosurgeons discuss what strategies they will introduce in their practices next year.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review in 2019:

Neurosurgeon Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, joined Reno (Nev.) Orthopedic Clinic in October.

The Senate passed legislation Dec. 16 requiring newborn infants to have spinal muscular atrophy screenings in New Jersey, according to Insider NJ.

A jury awarded a North Carolina man $816,988 after he suffered permanent spinal cord damage due to a postoperative complication, reports the Wilkes Journal-Patriot.