Spine

Pain medicine interventionalist Bruce H. Levin, MD, joined the International Association of HealthCare Professionals.

Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., opened its Center for Spine Health.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University researchers created the company, NeuroTargeting, which offers a database for fighting neurological disorders, according to The Tennessean.

A new study published in Spine examines outpatient spine surgery in ambulatory surgery centers for predictive factors and clinical results. William D. Smith, MD, Richard N. Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, Ginger Christian, Evelyn J. Rodgers and W. Blake Rodgers, MD,…

About 70 percent of neurosurgery residents disagree with the duty hour limitations implemented by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, according to the Foundation for Economic Education.

Researchers analyzed the association between frailty and postoperative outcomes following degenerative spine disease surgery, in a study published in The Spine Journal.

New York-based Westmed Medical Group opened the Spine Center, which consists of a group of medical professionals working together to treat patients with back and neck pain, according to Westfair Communications.

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

James B. Manzanares, MD, performed the first outpatient spinal surgery at Naples, Fla.-based Seaside Surgery Center, according to Naples Daily Newss.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine researchers analyzed whether the risk of blindness associated with spinal fusion is still high today, according to Medical Xpress.