Spine

Orthopedic spine surgeon Timothy Peppers, MD, hits the waves before going into the operating room at Scripps Clinic Encinitas (Calif.).

Here are three neurosurgeons taking on new roles.

Jeremy Greenlee, MD, of the department of neurosurgery at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Here are six spine and neurosurgeons making headlines this week.

Here are seven interesting spine partnerships in July:

Titan Spine President and CEO Peter Ullrich, MD, built the company to address an unmet need for spinal fusion surgery, according to Wisconsin radio station WUWM 89.7 FM.

Neurosurgeon Olawale Sulaiman, MD, PhD, of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System performed over 500 free spine surgeries in his home country of Nigeria, according to Nigerian news website Legit.

Two spine surgeons shared the most challenging aspects of their day.

Alok Sharan, MD, co-director of the Westmed Spine Center in Yonkers, N.Y., began performing awake spinal fusions in 2017, and has just reached a milestone: 100 successful awake spinal fusions performed.

Value-based care and price transparency is on the forefront of physicians' and healthcare executives' minds, especially after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to require healthcare price disclosure.