Spine

Paralyzed Veterans of America named Sherman Gillums, Jr. the acting executive director.

As we move into 2016, we see the following six trends and concepts front and center for orthopedic and spine. We would welcome thoughts and comments from others as to what you see as the big trends.

A new study published in Spine examined the regionalization of lumbar spine procedures in New York.

Dallas-based Capstone Pain and Spine is offering nonoperative platelet-rich plasma therapy and stem cell therapy.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals in Carlsbad, Calif., received $2.15 million from Biogen for completing the target enrollment of the Phase 3 CHERISH study.

Princeton (N.J.) University researchers developed a method to record three-dimensional footage of neural activity in a worm species, according to AANS Neurosurgeon. The worm species, called nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, is one-millimeter in length with 302 neurons.

Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Wash., is the first in the state to offer spine surgery procedures with the Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System, according to a Thurston Talk report.

David Rothbart, MD, co-founder and medical director of Southlake-based Spine Team Texas, was named a 2016 HealthCare Hero by Fort Worth Business.

According to Lancaster Online, Dawn Cox, a physical therapist with Lancaster's Prana Functional Manual Therapy, discusses how texting can affect the back and neck.

Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center's Fred Sweet, MD, recently served as a visiting professor at Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, according to a Rockford Register Star report.