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Republican-backed candidate Jim Maxwell, MD, began his campaign to replace late Representative Louise Slaughter, D, in Congress, according to WHEC.

Following a preliminary hearing, a judge ruled Toronto, Canada-based neurosurgeon Mohammed Shamji, MD, PhD, will stand trial for the first-degree murder of his wife Elana Fric-Shamji, MD, The Toronto Star reports.

Ramsin Benyamin, MD, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means on behalf of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. In the testimony, ASIPP proposed a three-tiered approach to curb opioid abuse and deaths while maintaining appropriate…

Retired orthopedic spine surgeon and former circus performer Neil Kahanovitz, MD, led a group of investors that bought the New York City-based Big Apple Circus, The Washington Post reports.

A lawsuit filed March 15, 2018 in Anchorage Superior Court alleges that neurosurgeon Louis Kralick, MD, photographed the genitalia of a patient undergoing spine surgery at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Dr. Kralick signed a letter of apology, KTVA…

Here are the 10 most-read articles featured on Becker's Spine Review between March 12 and March 16.

A new study published in Spine examines the patient-reported outcomes and costs associated with revision surgery for cervical spine disease.

Among physicians, neurosurgeons had the highest average annual salary in 2017 according to Doximity's second annual Physician Compensation Report.

Seven spine surgeons discuss trends in spinal deformity.

Harvey Leventhal, MD, 90, died March 6 in Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, according Staten Island Live.