Spine

Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., welcomed Louis Jenis, MD, as new chief medical and innovation officer, the Worcester Business Journal reports.

Samaritan Neurosurgery in Corvallis, Ore., welcomed spine surgeon Wael Ghacham, MD, according to the Gazette-Times.

Khalid Kurtom, MD, of Easton-based University of Maryland Community Medical Group, will deliver a presentation on a recent mission trip to Jordan on June 29, according to myeasternshoremd.com.

The Spine Journal published a new study examining the gap between the best and worst performing hospitals for 90-day spine surgery episodes of care.

Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, an investigative journalist by trade, published a book in May examining the back pain and spine surgery industries.

Lumbar disc replacements have been available in the U.S. for more than a decade, but a new article in Clinical Spine Surgery examines why they haven't become a common procedure.

The global neurosurgery market is expected to grow through 2021, according to a Persistence Market Research analysis.

David Duffner, MD, received the honor of a 2017 Top Doctor in Palms Spring, Calif., according to MENAFN.com.

Here are 14 spine and neurosurgeons in the news this week.

New York City-based Columbia University Medical Center researchers investigated the underlying causes of chronic pain, according to AANS Neurosurgeon.