Spine

Cesar Borlongan, MD, along with four other physicians from Tampa-based University of South Florida, were appointed to the National Academy of Inventors' 2019 class of senior members, reports St. Pete Catalyst.

Thomas Keller, MD, a California-based neurosurgeon, has been charged with second degree murder for allegedly writing non-medically necessary opioid prescriptions from 2011 to 2017.

Five spine and neurosurgeons share their insight on the evolution of spinal fusion.

Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater and Jamie Dornan have been cast in the TV production of Dr. Death, reports Deadline.

Minimally invasive spine surgeon James St. Louis, DO, and founder of now defunct Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla., sold his Belair estate for $7.9 million, reports Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Fellowship-trained spine surgeon Brandon Cook, MD, joined Orthopaedic Associates in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

OrthoGeorgia orthopedic spine surgeon Ryan Schnetzer, MD, made the University of Georgia's 40 Under 40 Alumni list, The Telegraph reports.

Todd Lanman, MD, founder of Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery, performed a three-level artificial cervical disc replacement procedure with Orthofix's M6-C device, according to Virtual Strategy Magazine.

Life Spine's foot and ankle division — Centric Medical — launched a clinical study of its Tarsa-Link stand-alone wedge fixation system.

A circuit judge raised the award Laserscopic Spinal Centers of America co-founder Joe Samuel Bailey will receive from the remaining assets of the now-closed Laser Spine Institute, Florida Record reports.