Spine

Orthopedic oncologist Anne Normand, MD, joined Essentia Health-Duluth (Minn.) Clinic, according to the Superior Telegram.

A new study published in Spine examines the 30-day complications after adult deformity surgery.

Three spine surgeons share the accomplishments they are most proud of in 2017.

Following the discovery that the VA in Iowa City, Iowa, illegally hired neurosurgeon John Schneider, MD, a USA Today investigation found the Department of Veterans Affairs has allowed is hospitals to illegally hire surgeons with revoked medical licenses since 2002.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Dec. 21, 2017.

F. Todd Wetzel, MD, joined Bassett Healthcare Network as chief of orthopedics, according to The Daily Star.

John Moseley, MD, a retired Billings, Mont.-based St. Vincent Healthcare neurosurgeon, and his wife donated $1 million to the hospital’s St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation, according to the Billings Gazette.

Nathan Selden, MD, of Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland, was traveling to Seattle when he witnessed the Amtrak derailment in Tacoma, Wash. Immediately, the neurosurgeon began treating victims, according to KOIN 6 News.

A new study published in Spine examines the risk factors for unplanned readmissions after elective posterior lumbar fusion surgery.

Craig van Horne, MD, and his colleagues at Lexington-based University of Kentucky Brain Restoration Center, performed the first deep brain stimulation at The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan, China.