Spine

Frederick, Md.-based American Spine added Matthew Roh, MD, a pain medicine and rehabilitation physician, to its medical team.

Sustainability is important in healthcare and spine care, but the ideal situation can be far from reality today.

  Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Sept. 18, 2014.

A study published in The Spine Journal examines the motion characteristics of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis at the diseased and adjacent levels using kinetic MRI.

Jonathan M. Simhaee, MD, joined Englewood, N.J.-based The Center for Spinal Disorders and The Center for Pain Management.

Raj Rao, MD, has been named chairperson of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a Wauwatosa Now report.

  A study published in Spine found Medicaid patients undergoing spine surgery have a higher rate of surgical site infection.

An article published in Spine examines adverse events, length of stay and readmission rates for spinal fusion using iliac crest bone graft.

Neurosurgeon Joseph Hahn, MD, will retire from his post as chief of staff at Cleveland Clinic on Dec. 31.

Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia has named Charles Munyon, MD, director of functional and restorative neurosurgery.