Spine

Scarborough-based Maine Medical Partners — Neurosurgery & Spine added Swedish spine surgeon Mats Agren, MD, to its medical staff, reports Portland Press Herald.

McBride Orthopedic Hospital in Oklahoma City added Kevin Wiley, MD, to its spine department, reports The Oklahoman.

Premia Spine enlisted 30 healthcare organizations in the U.S. to participate in an investigational device exemption study on the total posterior spine system.

Here are 10 spine and neurosurgeons making headlines this week.

Greenbelt, Md.-based Advanced Pain Medicine Institute Orthopaedic, Sports Health & Regenerative Medicine recently added Said Oman, MD, to its medical staff.

Myron Rolle, MD, a neurosurgery resident at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is flying to the Bahamas to aid locals following the destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian, reports USA Today. 

Former lawyer Eric Deters, whose law office is representing patients who sued spine surgeon Atiq Durrani, MD, served eight days in jail after a judge accused him of violating his gag order by posting about the case on social media,…

Advanced Pain Management and Neurology Clinic in Valencia, Calif., will now offer percutaneous endoscopic laser discectomy consultations.

Six spine and neurosurgeons provide advice on how to avoid burnout in their profession.

Pasadena Magazine recognized Robert Cho, MD, chief of staff and pediatric orthopedic spine surgeon at Shriners for Children Medical Center — Pasadena, Calif., as a Top Doctor, reports Bezinga.