Spine

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai recently received a $1 million donation from the Ray Charles Foundation to develop a new neurosurgery scholarship program.

A federal jury said two physicians were not at fault after they failed to diagnose a man with a disease that affects 5 in 5 million people, which a lawsuit claimed led to missed treatment opportunities, Law.com reports.

Frank Phillips, MD, director of the section of minimally invasive spine surgery and the spine surgery division at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, outlines where his practice is headed over the next year.

The spine research team at Ganga Hospital in India recently received the NASS Research Award 2019 for its paper on lumbar disc disease, reports The Hindu Times.

Janesville, Wis.-based Mercyhealth recently onboarded neurosurgeon Muhammad Janjua, MD, reports The Rockford Register Star.

Spine surgeon Thomas Mroz, MD, was appointed chair of the Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute at Cleveland Clinic, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

Three surgeons from Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center made the American Registry's "America's Most Honored Professionals" list in 2019, according to rrstar.com.

Five spine and neurosurgeons discuss different career paths they were considering pursuing in medical school.

Detroit Medical Center could lose its neurosurgery residency program after the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education decided to withdraw its certification, effective June 30, 2020.

Three spine surgeons from across the country discuss the big trends in spine today and how their practices will likely change next year.