Spine

Joan and Sanford Weill donated $185 million to the University of California San Francisco, according to University of California San Francisco New Center.

The International Advocates for Spine Patients named Gunnar Andersson, MD, PhD, chairman of the board of directors.

Capstone Pain & Spine, a pain management center based in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, is now offering the kyphoplasty procedure for vertebral compression fracture relief.

Six-month data from a randomized controlled study for the Medicare Coverage with Evidence Development program appear to show a percutaneous decompression procedure is beneficial for people with neurogenic claudication due to lumbar stenosis, as reported by Pain Management News.

Madhavan A. Pisharodi, MD, has recently received a patent for an improved solar panel, according to The Brownsville Herald.

Researchers from Philadelphia-based Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discovered a new cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, according to newswise.

On April 12, Dr. Roy Amarasuriya, former spine specialist at Long Beach (Calif.) VA Medical Center, died from respiratory failure at age 88, according to Press-Telegram. 

North America, followed by Europe, dominates the neurosurgery market, based on a Persistence Market Research report, according to medGadget.

A new study published in Spine examines osteoporosis in patients who have cervical spine surgery.

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