Spine

Here are seven hospitals expanding spine and neurosurgery programs in the past month.

Neurosurgeon Mark Lyerly, MD, was added to the surgical staff at Martinsburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Brain and Spine, according to The Journal.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Thomas Niemeier, MD, joined the surgical team at Savannah, Ga.-based Optim Orthopedics.

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Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Albemarle County, Va., added David Slottje, MD, and Osmond Wu, MD, to its neurosciences center to keep up with increasing patient demand, reports CBS 19 News.

After a five-month, a jury awarded a patient who was paralyzed during spine surgery $56 million, according to a report in USA Today. 

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Jacquelyn Corley, MD, is a neurosurgical resident at Duke Neurosurgery in Raleigh, N.C.

Lancaster, Pa.-based neurosurgeon James Argires, MD, died aged 87, reports Lancaster Online.