Spine

Munster, Ind.-based Community Hospital, an affiliate of Powers Health, has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery. To earn the certification, Community Hospital underwent an onsite review that evaluated related certification standards, including…

Andrew Fanous, MD, section chief of neurosurgery at Inova Alexandria Hospital and the medical director of spine at Inova Eastern Region. His special interests are in minimally invasive spine surgery and spine and brain tumors. He is from Alexandria, Egypt,…

Amid surgical advances and increased challenges in spine practices, surgeons discuss the future of the landscape. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical, business and policy issues affecting spine care.…

Xiaofei (Sophie) Zhou, MD, is a spine surgeon at Cleveland-based University Hospitals. She is the associate program director of the neurosurgical residency at UH and performed the hospital’s first endoscopic discectomy in January. Following the milestone she discussed the growing…

Spine surgeon training may not be enough to prepare physicians as procedures become more complex, Andrew Fanous, MD, told Becker’s. Dr. Fanous, neurosurgery chief at Inova Alexandria (Va.) Hospital discussed his perspective and a solution to address it. Editor’s note:…

Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health added Rasheed Abiola, MD, and he is joining MRH Spine and Pain Center on June 9. Dr. Abiola has nine years of experience in spine surgery, and he has expertise in minimally invasive techniques and motion-preserving…

Robert Bray Jr., MD, founder of DISC Sports and Spine Center in Newport Beach, Calif., is the first neurosurgeon in his state to devote his practice to minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Bray performs 95% of his surgeries outpatient and…

Rachel Bratescu, MD, is a spine surgeon at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She joined the hospital in August 2024 after completing fellowships at NYU Langone Health and Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Bratescu is the first…

An image identification and processing software platform for spine imaging, MSKai, has earned 510(k) clearance from the FDA.  The software has been approved for use by physicians and radiologists during lumbar spine MRI analysis, according to a May 22 press…

M. Craig McMains, MD, who launched Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy’s endoscopic spine program in 2023, has already reached 30 cases in 2025. Dr. McMains is on track to surpass the total number of endoscopic cases in 2023, 50, and remains the only…