Spine

Chad Campion, MD, of Germantown, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics, is thinking ahead about the next cohort of endoscopic spine surgeons. In 2025 he launched a first-of-its kind endoscopic spine surgery fellowship for post-fellowship or practicing orthopedic spine surgeons. The three-month training…

Spine surgeons often work with medical device representatives when leveraging the latest technologies and implants. For two spine surgeons those relationships have evolved, along with professional boundaries. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons…

As the spine surgery landscape shifts, so does the workforce needs at spine practices. Evolving complexities in both spine care and billing needs have created gaps where crucial roles are harder to hire and retain. Spine leaders discuss how they…

The way spine surgeons manage their cases has been largely shaped by one persistent hurdle: prior authorization. The extra steps that come with prior authorizations and potential denials have made spine surgeons more nimble to get ahead of them. From…

Daniel Refai, MD, of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, performed the world’s first continuously navigated endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Dr. Refai used Amplify Surgical’s dualPortal & dualX platform for the procedure, according to a May 17 news release. The case was…

Carmel, N.Y.-based Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Group is expanding access to cervical and lumbar disc replacement procedures across the Hudson Valley and western Connecticut.  Dean Perfetti, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine surgery, is leading the effort,…

A multidisciplinary approach to spine surgery was central when Ronjon Paul, MD, began his career. And in more recent years he’s brought that mindset to a larger scale in a health system environment. Dr. Paul, of Endeavor Health in Woodridge,…

For years, AI’s role in spine care has been pitched as a future tool, something that might eventually help with imaging, planning or documentation. But a group of surgeons and health systems is using AI for a more immediate problem:…

Craig Della Valle, MD, is the Aaron G. Rosenberg Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and chief of the section of adult reconstruction at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Della Valle focuses his clinical practice on primary and revision…

Todd Alamin, MD, Empirical Spine’s co-founder, performed the first two commercial cases using the LimiFlex dynamic sagittal tether, according to a May 19 news release. The cases were performed at Stanford (Calif.) Medical Center to address Grade I lumbar degenerative…