Spine

Hoboken, N.J.-based The Spine & Sports Health Center is now offering spinal cord stimulation trial procedures.

The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation is collaborating with the state's Department of Health and the Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition to combat opioid abuse.

The American Bar Association will hold its third Medical Device & Healthcare Technology Compliance Institute, October 13-14 in Washington D.C., covering the latest on compliance topics and issues affecting the medical device and healthcare technology industry.

Kaith Almefty, MD, and Jay D. Turner, MD, PhD, joined Phoenix-based Barrow Brain and Spine.

Semmes Murphey Clinic in Memphis, Tenn., welcomed two spine surgeons to its team, according to The Daily News.

Milind Deogaonkar, MBBS, of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, discuses key trends in neuromodulation and neurosurgery.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy mailed letters to the 2.3 million prescribers in America, outlining three key steps he wishes them to take in response to the opioid epidemic, according to CBS.

A new study published in Spine examines hospital readmissions within two years of adult thoracolumbar spinal deformity surgery.

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

Neurosurgeon Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, of Southfield-based Michigan Head & Spine Institute, offers his insight on minimally invasive spine surgery, value-based care and what the future holds for outpatient spine.