Spine

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.

Jason E. Lowenstein, MD, director of the Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Center at Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, discusses the department's goals to expand treatment options in the future.

Here are nine spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Gender is not associated with surgical outcomes after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study in Clinical Spine Surgery.

T.S. Kanaka, PhD, 86, passed away Nov. 14. She was the first female neurosurgeon in Asia and the third female neurosurgeon in the world, The Hindu reports.

Frank Shen, MD, chief of the division of orthopedic surgery at Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System, shares his insight on spine surgeon leadership, challenges ahead and the best opportunities for growth.

Reston-based Virginia Spine Institute's Colin Haines, MD, and Christopher Good, MD, performed a spine surgery combining endoscopic and robotic-guided technology.

John Lubicky, MD, performed the first robotic-assisted pediatric spinal surgery in the state at Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine Children's using the Mazor X.

Effective January 2019, Walmart will require employees to travel to designated hospitals and health system for spine surgery, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Donald Reigel, MD, 81, passed away, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.