Spine

Many surgeons use a high-speed drill for bone removal while performing spinal surgery.

Marco A. Rodriguez, MD, unveiled the International Spine Institute in Baton Rouge, La.

Chronic pain affects approximately one in three people in the United States. This common struggle had led to an alarming increase of pain medications and a mounting epidemic of opioid use and deaths. Is there a way we can ease…

A new study investigates inpatient and 90-day post-discharge outcomes for elective Medicare spine fusion. The study included 874 hospitals with elective cervical and non-cervical spine fusions in the 2012 to 2014 Medicare limited dataset. Researchers focused on 167,395 cases.

A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines malpractice litigation after spine surgery.

Neuroscientist Ali Rezai, MD, left the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, according to The Columbus Dispatch. 

As president of Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute, Alexander Vaccaro, MD, is responsible for a network of practices including around 200 physicians and surgeons providing orthopedic and spine care. He also serves as the Richard H. Rothman Professor and chairman of the…

Here are 14 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that joined new organizations, moved locations or received promotions in September 2017.

Here are six spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.

Nicholas Andrade, MD, joined Tyler, Texas-based CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Neuroscience Institute, according to The Gilmer Mirror.