Spine

SmartCEO Magazine named Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA, CEO of the Year in Philadelphia. 

With the promising potential of improving outcomes, new technologies weave into the healthcare industry. But as costs continue to rise, healthcare professionals may want to consider if the amount of improvement resulting from new technology outweighs the associated pitfalls.

Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York offered a laboratory course on operative approaches, according to Columbia University Medical Center.

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

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center says goodbye to neurosurgeon Noel Tulipan, MD, who died Nov. 2 from an illness, according to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Ashraf Hanna, MD, of the Florida Spine Institute in Clearwater, will be on CBS 10News monthly to present his treatments and raise awareness of chronic pain conditions.

Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Wash., opened its new neuroscience institute, according to the Bellevue Reporter.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston has opened an inpatient orthopedic and spine care unit, according to a Healthcare Design Magazine report.

BMJ partnered with the Chinese Stroke Association to produce a new open access journal focused on stroke and vascular neurology.

Gordon Baltuch, MD, a neurosurgeon at the University of Pennsylvania, completed his 1,000th deep brain stimulation procedure, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.