Spine

The New Hampshire Union Leader honored the late spinal cord specialist William "Ed" Kois, MD, with its 17th annual Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment Award on Nov. 19.

Fernando Silva, MD, joined the neurosciences team at Houston Methodist The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital, Woodlands Online reports.

Ashley Strickland, MD, joined UNC Orthopedics at Nash in Rocky Mount, N.C., according to the Rocky Mount Telegram.

Neurosurgeon Merylee Werthan Jost, MD, died of pancreatic cancer on Nov. 13, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

This article is a portion of a book titled "Challenges, Risks and Opportunities in Today's Spine World " edited by Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Frank Phillips, MD, and Richard Fessler, MD. You can find links to the previous chapters at the end…

The Westside Cultural Arts Center, founded by James Chappuis, MD, was recognized in a recent feature on global warehouse venues by The Venue Report.

Eddie Van Halen paid a visit to Todd Lanman, MD, a spinal neurosurgeon known for his work on advancing total disc replacement surgery and motion preservation.

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

Lane D. Spero, MD, chose to become an orthopedic and spine specialist because of the personal challenge and reward for patients, he said in an interview with Dexur.

Saba Pasha, PhD, recently published a study exploring how variation in spinal patterns may lead to spinal deformities seen in scoliosis, reports Medical Xpress.