Spine

The starting salary and total compensation for neurosurgeons and spine surgeons depends on experience, subspecialty focus and competition in the market, according to a Neurosurgery Market Watch report.

Retired neurosurgeon Kenneth J. Murray, MD, PhD, died from respiratory failure at age 73 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., reports The Baltimore Sun.

The spine surgeon's ability to negotiate payer contracts and approval for procedures and new technology is an important part of running an effective practice.

CMS retroactively updated the Professional Liability Insurance Relative Value Units for several Medicare procedures, which will have a positive impact on spine surgeons, according to an announcement from the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.

A new study published in Clinical Spine Surgery examines the most cost-effective treatment for recurrent lumbar disc herniation.

Ten spine and neurosurgeons joined new hospitals or practices across the U.S. over the past month.

Here are four spine and neurosurgeons making headlines:

An experimental spinal cord treatment at Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at the University of Louisville has helped a paralyzed man regain some motion 10 years after his motocross injury, reports WBUR.

The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research awarded $549,000 to Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, for research on spinal cord injuries, reports EurekAlert.

Praveen Mummaneni, MD, of the University of California San Francisco is a neurosurgeon who directs several UCSF programs on the cervical spine, including the fellowship program in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery. He currently serves as co-director of the…