Spine

Congress cut more than $40 million in spinal cord injury research from the Department of Defense office, Wisconsin Public Radio reported April 11. The DoD’s spinal cord injury research program prioritizes funding to studies that will directly help patients and…

A San Antonio-based spine practice was awarded a $24 million verdict in a noncompete case in October, but a health system and its affiliate plan to appeal it, the San Antonio Express-News reported April 10. The verdict stems from a…

Here are six hospitals, health systems and organizations that have received spine certifications and accreditations, as reported by Becker’s in 2025:

Frisco, Texas-based 4WEB Medical has achieved a significant milestone, wherein its proprietary Truss implant technology has been used in 100,000 procedures.  4WEB Medical developed the Truss implant technology, which delivers therapeutic strain to the site when under normal physiologic loading…

Medicaid cuts are an ongoing worry in healthcare, and spine surgeons discuss what they mean for their work. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical, business and policy issues…

Ketan Bulsara, MD, was named the recipient of the 2025 UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award. Dr. Bulsara joined UConn Health in 2017 and is the inaugural chair of the newly established department of neurosurgery at the UConn…

Forbes’ annual World’s Billionaires list was released April 1, and a retired spine surgeon was included among several healthcare leaders. Gary Michelson, MD, was ranked 1,947 of all 3,028 billionaires on the list. His net worth remained the same as…

Patients having two-level cervical disc replacement tended to have fewer postoperative complications compared to those having two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, according to a study published in the April 15 edition of Spine. Researchers gathered data for two-level cervical…

Dallas-based spine surgeon Michael Rimlawi, DO, has launched a scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students interested in going into medicine.  Dr. Rimlawi works as a minimally invasive spine surgeon at his own private practice. Scholarship recipients will be selected…

Medivis has earned FDA clearance for its spine navigation platform, ahead of its commercial launch in the U.S.  The platform can be used for both orthopedic and neurosurgery, utilizing augmented reality and artificial intelligence to provide surgeons holographic navigation across…