Spine

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Miami is searching for a physician to fill its chief of spinal cord injury position, according to Lemon Wire.

Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia has always aimed to provide high value care, said Chair of the Neurosurgery Department William Welch, MD.

Jonathan Lewin, MD, a spine surgeon and the new chief of robotic spine surgery at Secaucus, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Hospital and director of spine surgery at North Shore University Hospital in Forest Hills, N.Y., discusses how the spine field is…

Richard Menger, MD, Christopher Storey, MD, PhD, and Anil Nanda MD, edited The Business, Policy, and Economics of Neurosurgery for clinical neurosurgeons.

Philip Schneider, MD, is the medical director of the Silver Springs, Md.-based Holy Cross Hospital Spine Center and an orthopedic surgeon at The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics based in Bethesda, Md. Here he discusses the biggest challenges for his practice…

Here are the top 10 most-read articles on Becker's Spine Review from Nov. 12-16.

HealthPartners issued a positive coverage decision for minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusions.

Frank Phillips, MD, is program director for the section of minimally invasive spine surgery at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Rush University Medical Center's director of the spine surgery division.

Orthopedic and spine surgery is headed to the outpatient setting. However, surgeons must ensure their patients receive high quality care to return home within 24 hours of surgery, if possible without opioids.

Andrew Gitkind, MD, vice chairman and medical director of New York City-based Montefiore Spine Center, outlines the department's recent growth and its goals for the coming year.