Spine

Here are nine spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who recently received awards or promotions.

Ken Smith, MD, was awarded the 2016 Hope Award by the Johnson City, Tenn.-based nonprofit Spine Health Foundation. The Hope Award recognizes physicians who support the Spine Health Foundation's mission to help disadvantaged individuals in need gain access to spinal…

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons recently submitted a 23-page report to CMS, urging the federal agency to reconsider its proposed global surgery reporting requirements. This proposal is included in the 2017 Medicare Physician…

Grant D. Shifflett, MD, joined Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center.

A new study published in Spine examines the complication rate after two-level lumbar spine surgery among patients with primary hypercoagulable states and coagulopathies.

The Oklahoma City VA Medical Center welcomed neurosurgeon Basheer Shakir, MD, according to KOCO.

Richard Guyer, MD, joined St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Teresa Medical's scientific advisory board.

Spine surgery performed in ASCs continues to grow with eight new recently proposed ASC payable codes. These additions come after the inclusion of nine spine codes in the 2015 ASC payable list.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines the dual attending surgeon strategy for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients and whether the strategy improves posterior selective thoracic fusion in Lenke 1 and 2 perioperative outcomes.

Here are six spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this week.