Spine

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

A new study published in The Spine Journal examined how the patient's race and hospital environment affects care for cervical spine fractures.

Here two spine surgeons discuss how ICD-10 has affected their respective practices.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond named Alex Valadka, MD, as chair of the department of neurosurgery.

John C. Gensel, PhD, of the University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center in Lexington, received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, according to University of Kentucky News.

The multipotent adult progenitor cells used in Athersys' MultiStem cell therapy improved the animals' health after acute rodent spinal cord injury. Athersys is a biotechnology company headquartered in Cleveland.

Blackfoot-based Idaho Doctors' Hospital received Press Ganey's "Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience," according to EastIdahoNews.com. The hospital is owned by Bingham Memorial Hospital, also located in Blackfoot.

The Alliance for Balanced Pain Management held its second National Summit on ways to increase access to integrated pain management.

Benjamin Nudelman is researching better ways to help paraplegic patients with body movement, according to The Observer.

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