Spine

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD, inspired a new Disney movie, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Spine surgeon Mir Ali, MD, is now using minimally invasive procedures to treat patients with compression spine fractures, according to The Herald-News.

Andrew Moulton, MD, recently returned from a week-long mission trip in the Dominican Republic, according to a Bradenton Herald report.

Michael J. Elliott, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Valley Children's Healthcare in Madera, Calif., implanted MAGEC rods to correct the curvature of a patient's spine, according to The Fresno Bee.

Here are six spine surgeons who recently received awards or promotions.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons appointed Neel Anand, MD, to serve on its Spine Program Committee.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines collecting patient reported outcomes with a mobile device-based system designed for spine patients in an outpatient clinic.

Spine surgeon and Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute President Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA, was featured in an interview in Philadelphia Style magazine.

VerteCore Technologies is recruiting physicians specializing in back pain to test its new VerteCore Lift device.

A reduction in the amount of implant spinal surgeries has led, in part, to fewer workers compensation hospitalizations in California, based on a California Workers' Compensation report, according to Business Insurance.