Spine

Two spine surgeons outline population health programs established in their practices.

A student at the University of Oklahoma in Norman was named a member of the 2019 Astronaut Scholar Class for research focusing on tissue engineering scaffolds that can be used to promote spinal cord regeneration.

The University of Utah in Salt Lake City unveiled six new professorships focusing on health and clinical research with Howard Colman, MD, earning a spot, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

Researchers at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine discovered a way to pause spinal disc injuries, affording physicians more time to treat them.

Meic Schmidt, MD, was appointed to lead the Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico's department of neurosurgery.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois recognized Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., and Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital as Blue Distinction Centers+ for Spine Surgery, Patch reports.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery appointed Harvinder Sandhu, MD, MBA, and Andrew Sama, MD, the new co-chiefs of HSS Spine. Here, they discuss the goals for their tenure and discuss current trends in spine care.

Saksith Smithason, MD, of Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Health will begin treating patients at Southeastern Multi-Specialty and Urgent Care Whiteville, N.C., reports The Fayetteville Observer.

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency gave Providence, R.I.-based Brown University $6.3 million to further develop an implantable device to repair neural connections in the spine, the Brown Daily Herald reports.

Here are four spine and neurosurgeons making the news this week.