Spine

As the trial against Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center approaches, the hospital's co-founder and manager Alan Beauchamp agreed to plead guilty to bribing physicians to perform high volume and lucrative surgeries, according to The Dallas Morning News.

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In a $50 million lawsuit, former neurosurgery resident Rylan Brantl, MD, alleges the chief of neurosurgery at Columbia-based University of Missouri School of Medicine harassed and fired him without good cause, the Missourian reports.

The way a Georgia-based spine surgeon and practice interacts with plaintiff lawyers in personal injury cases has come under scrutiny and resulted in a nearly $9,000 fee, according to the Daily Report.

Here are 12 spine and neurosurgeons who were promoted to leadership positions in 2018.

The Perioperative Cognitive Anesthesia Network clinical service at University of Florida Health Shands Presurgical Center in Gainesville assesses cognitive function in older patients before knee replacement, hip and back surgeries, Gainesville.com details.

Male patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion are more likely to experience adverse outcomes than female patients, according to a study in Spine.

Here are the top 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between July 16 and July 20.

Orthopaedic Associates of Southern Delaware in Lewes welcomed orthopedic spine surgeon Abimbola Afolabi, MD, the Cape Gazette reports.

After being indicted Dec. 4 on bankruptcy fraud charges, Cathleen Van Buskirk, MD, reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to the Daily Camera.