Spine

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.

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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.

Anthony Leone, MD, a Cheektowaga, N.Y.-based spine surgeon, was sentenced for two opioid abuse-related crimes Dec. 16, Buffalo Business First reports.

Spine surgeon Aria Sabit, MD, had his 19-year prison sentence upheld in a federal appeals court Dec. 16 after he was found guilty of accepting illegal kickbacks in 2017, reports The Baltimore Sun.