Spine

Nine spine surgeons discuss the personality traits that govern spine surgeon success.

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for June 29, 2017.

A study published in Spine examined the revision rates after scoliosis surgery in adolescents and young adults. The study included 1,435 patients who underwent surgery from 1995 to 2009.

Good Morning America and Inside Edition featured Baron Lonner, MD, of New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital.

A new study published in Spine examines vertebroplasty for workers compensation patients with thoracolumbar fractures.

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.