Spine

Planetree selected Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute to participate in its patient-centered outcomes research project, as a part of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's $249,000 Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award. PCORI granted the award to Planetree.

Oneonta, N.Y.-based A.O. Fox Hospital named Reginald Knight, MD, MHA, an orthopedic spine surgeon, vice president of medical affairs, according to an All Otsego report.

Baltimore-based MedStar Health appointed Zeena Dorai, MD, the new chief of neurosurgery at MedStar Union Memorial and MedStar Good Samaritan hospitals, both in Baltimore.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute laid off approximately 70 employees, according to Tampa Bay Times.

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

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System welcomes neurosurgeon Daniel Aghion, MD, to its team on July 1, 2016.

The Expert Network has named W. Porter McRoberts, MD, as a "Distinguished Doctor."

CBS featured Clearwater-based Florida Spine Institute's neurosurgeons Robert Kowalski, MD, and Christopher Koebbe, MD, as well as pain management director Ashraf Hanna, MD.

Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD, of Atlantic Spine Center, discusses the increasing trend of outpatient spine surgery. Atlantic Spine Center has locations in West Orange, N.J., and New York City.

SUNY University at Buffalo (N.Y.) Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences named Kevin J. Gibbons, MD, senior associate dean for clinical affairs and executive director of UB Associates/UBMD Physicians Group.