Spine

BioRestorative Therapies, a Melville, N.Y.-based life sciences company, named its cell-based therapeutic product in its disc and spine program to differentiate it from future product formulations.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System implemented new neurosurgical imaging equipment, according to Healthcare Finance.

Shriners Hospitals for Children in Greenville, S.C. has a spina bifida clinic, according to Greenville Online.

Hermann Drive Surgical Hospital, a Houston-based hospital part of Nobilis Health System, welcomed orthopedic spine surgeon Vivek Kushwaha, MD, according to Virtual-Strategy Magazine.

A new study published in Spine examines injuries and hospital outcomes for spinal fracture patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

Praveen Kadimcherla, MD, of Orange, N.J.-based Atlantic Spine Center, outlines the most important aspects of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.

With an influx of facilities offering stem cell treatments and avoiding heavy regulations, the FDA issued draft guidelines clarifying that stem cells used in most clinics are drugs and require a meticulous approval process, according to STAT News.

The Medical Center of Plano (Texas) opened its new brain and spine hospital to patients, according to a D Healthcare Daily report.

Back Pain Centers of America appointed Erika Rosenthal as vice president, strategy and healthcare partnerships.

Oxford University Press is partnering with the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Spine Intervention Society and the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists to publish Pain Medicine.