Spine

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is scheduled to have surgery for spinal stenosis Aug. 11, her office said. Neurosurgeon Judith Gorelick, MD, is expected to perform the surgery at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn., according to a news release. Rep. DeLauro…

Spine surgeon Alexios Apazidis, MD, is facing allegations of filing nearly identical surgery reports between 2020 and 2024, Newsday reported Aug. 8. Dr. Apazidis made duplicate reports for 24 patients when he was working with Total Orthopedics and Sports Medicine…

Kinglsey Chin, MD, founder and president of SpineFrontier, was sentenced to supervised release and ordered to pay a fine after pleading guilty to one count of making false statements to CMS. Dr. Chin reached a plea deal in May, according…

Of the top 50 hospitals ranked for neurosurgery and neurology by U.S. News & World Report, 10 are in the South. Here are the top hospitals for orthopedics in the South and their rankings. 9. UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas) 15.…

Neurovascular surgeon Soliman Oushy, MD, has joined Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine, where he will specialize in the treatment of strokes, aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations for patients across Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.  He will see patients at Mayfield’s Norwood…

Of the top 50 hospitals ranked for neurosurgery and neurology by U.S. News & World Report, nine are in the West Here are the top hospitals for orthopedics in the West and their rankings. 2. UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)…

Spine procedures are making their way to the outpatient setting, and leaning into certain aspects could help quicken the pace of migration. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical,…

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health’s Pain Management Center in Dyer (Ind.) is now offering the Via Disc NP procedure for patients with chronic low back pain caused by spinal disc degeneration, according to an Aug. 4 Northwest Indiana Business Magazine report. …

Spine surgery is entering an exciting time in the medtech space from an explosion of implant designs to the possibility of better standardizing care, Tan Chen, MD, said. Dr. Chen, of Geisinger in Wilkes Barre, Pa., discussed the exciting opportunities…

Here are 12 spine surgeons who moved to new practices or added to their titles in July: Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 1. Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, began the role of president of the North Carolina Spine Society.…