Spine

Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute spine surgeon Guy Lee, MD, participated in Abington Global Health Mission's recent trip to the Dominican Republic.

Healthcare is becoming digital; patient medical records are now on EMRs, physicians can make telemedicine visits and patients have wellness apps and wearables to track their progress and digitally navigate their health. The next frontier could be study abstracts.

Neurosurgeon Hoon Choi, MD, is the director of spine surgery at The Medical College of Wisconsin Green Bay, and an assistant professor of neurosurgery in the department of neurosurgery at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dr. Choi has…

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers investigated the impact of opioid use on adult spinal deformity spine surgery patients.

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery named Marek Szpalski, MD, 2018-19 president at its annual meeting last week. 

Here are five spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital admitted human error caused its recent infection breach that may have affected 5,800 spine and orthopedic surgery patients, according to KDVR.

Board-certified neurosurgeon Frederick Junn, MD, has been named a 2017 Top Doctor in Dearborn, Michigan.

NeuroPoint Alliance welcomed St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare Health, Dartmouth-Hitchock in Lebanon, N.H., and Green Bay, Wis.-based Aurora BayCare Medical Center to its Quality Outcomes Database program.

Merle S. Rust, MD, joined the International Association of HealthCare Professionals.