Spine

Here are 10 pain management physicians who were in the news over the past month.

A new study published in Spine examines implant materials for spinal surgery.

Ben Carson, MD, a retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and potential presidential candidate, joined the board of directors for HomeCentris Healthcare, according to a 12 spine, neurosurgeon JDs to knowin the Baltimore Sun.

South Texas Spinal Clinic in San Antonio recently established a new division dedicated to stem cell therapy treatments, called The Stem Cell Orthopedic Institute of Texas in San Antonio, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute has donated more than 25,000 meals through its Give & Grub food truck program, according to an NHL News report.

Sacroiliac joint fusions are a relatively new area for spine surgeons to treat, and a few different companies are developing technology to treat SI joint dysfunction through minimally invasive procedures.

A new study published in Spine examines the minimum clinically important difference threshold for Scoliosis Research Society-22R patients.

Neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent for CNN Sanjay Gupta, MD, received the Alfred I. duPont Award for his coverage of medical marijuana, according to a Newswise report.

The American Academy of Pain Medicine announced its 2015 Pain Medicine Fellowship Excellence Award Recipients — Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Lee Segal, MD, of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is seeing recovery times of spine surgery improve over the years, reports Courier Post Online.