Spine

Together, Jackson Country, Miss.-based Singing River Health System and Bienville (Miss.) Orthopaedic Specialists performed the state's first robotic spine surgery, according to WLOX.

Jared Ament, MD, recently joined Los Angeles-based Sierra Neuroscience Institute.

Richard Fessler, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center. He has focused his practice on minimally invasive spine surgery as well as treating spinal cord injury patients.

Two spine surgeons performed the first endoscopic spine surgery at Reston (Va.) Hospital Center.

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Bain Tally began experiencing severe back pain in January 2016. He called his primary care physician through the Department of Veterans Affairs who prescribed painkillers over the phone, according to ABC 7.

Salt Lake City-based neurosurgeon John Macfarlane, MD, is using his medical background and personal experience to help eliminate air pollution in Utah, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

Harel Deutsch, MD, is co-director of the Rush Spine Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. His practice focuses on spinal procedures, with a particular research interest in motion preservation.

Gurvinder Deol, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Wake Orthopaedics based in Raleigh, N.C. His practice focuses on minimally invasive spine surgery, and in 2016, he was president of the North Carolina Spine Society.

Vancouver, Canada-based University of British Columbia researchers identified gene signatures that predict spinal cord injury severity in an eLife study.

Here are 25 spine and neurosurgeons who recently received awards, promotions or made media appearances.