Spine

An appellate court said a 2012 lawsuit brought by three UPMC employees over allegedly unnecessary neurosurgery had merit and ordered it to be reinstated, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports.

Three spine and neurosurgeons discuss what developing technologies they are most excited about in 2020.

Three spine surgeons discuss what goals they hope to achieve in their practice in 2020.

Spinal Resources appointed Todd Abel, MD, as chair of its scientific advisory board Dec. 20.

Here are 10 spine and neurosurgeons making the news this week:

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.