Spine

Alpesh A. Patel, MD, has been awarded the 2015 American Orthopaedic Association's American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellowship.

Brijesh P. Mehta, MD, was named medical director of stroke and neurocritical care at Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Neuroscience Institute at Memorial Healthcare System.

Southlake-based Spine Team Texas received LIVING magazine's annual Reader's Choice 'Best of 2014' award, which is based on readers' nominations of their preferred providers.

Neurosurgeon Michael Haglund, MD, PhD, of Duke University in Durham, N.C., was among a group of surgeons who traveled to Uganda to participate in "surgery camp," which trained local physicians, according to a JDNews report.

A spine device manufacturer and Indiana-based surgeon were ordered to pay $2.6 million to the United States to settle illegal kickback allegations.

An article published in Spine examines cervical artificial disc replacements and follows patients for 30 years.

  Here are 21 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that recently joined a new practice or medical center, or were promoted within their organization.

An article published in the Sept.1 issue of Spine examines fusion technique for degenerative spondylolisthesis.

Samuel Critides Jr., MD, a retired Navy commander, joined Sacred Heart Medical Group in Pensacola as a neurosurgeon, according to a Pensacola News Journal report.

Joliet, Ill.-based Meridian Medical Associates added Dalip Pelinkovic, MD, to its physician team, as part of a joint venture with Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group.