Spine

North American Spine Society President Daniel Resnick, MD, wrote a column about the society's goals and objectives for 2018, published in SpineLine.

Hickory, N.C.-based Frye Regional Medical Center hired neurosurgeon Akram Mahmoud, DO. With Dr. Mahmoud's addition, the medical center now offers neurosurgical services for the first time in more than a decade, HickoryRecord.com reports.

Here are 10 key stories on outpatient spine trends and news.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines predictors of adult spinal deformity surgical patient discharge and associated costs.

Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital is offering to test patients who had orthopedic or spine surgery performed during an 18-month period for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after an infection control breach, TheDenverChannel.com reports.

Becker's Spine Review caught up with Kern Singh, MD, orthopedic surgery professor at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center and co-director of the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute, to find out what he sees as a challenge that still lies ahead for…

The benefits of scoliosis surgery outweigh the risks for patients with cerebral palsy, according to a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Here are 8 spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Todd Lanman, MD, of Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery, will lead an artificial disc replacement presentation at the Marina Del (Calif.) Rey Hospital April 17.

In December 2017, a federal grand jury indicted spine surgeon Cathleen Van Buskirk, MD, for bankruptcy scheme allegations. Daily Camera Boulder News  reports she is scheduled for a federal court trial in May.