Spine

Leo Spector, MD, a spine surgeon at the OrthoCarolina Spine Center in Charlotte, N.C., discusses bundled payments programs.

Starting salaries and total compensation for neurosurgeons and spine surgeons are determined based on experience, subspecialty focus and market competition.

Christine Hammer, MD, will join Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health when she completes her spine fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine this month.

Here are three spine surgeons who received honors in June. 

St. Louis Children's Hospital named David Limbrick Jr., MD, PhD, the T.S. Park, MD, Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Retired Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Chief of Orthopedics Denis Drummond, MD, 84, died June 18 of heart failure, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Wellington (Fla.) Regional Medical Center is the second hospital in the U.S. to study a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat spina bifida in unborn babies, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.

Four spine surgeons discussed the skills that help spine surgeons become better caregivers.

Spine surgeon Huy Trinh, MD, retired early from Council Bluffs, Iowa-based Miller Orthopedic Specialists after a 24-year career, according to The Daily Nonpareil.

A new study published in Spine examines 90-day readmission rates for lumbar spine surgery.