Spine

Adebukola Onibokun, MD, recently opened a new spine center in San Jose, Calif.

George Martin, MD, a spine surgeon at Foundation Surgical Hospital of El Paso performed his 200th minimally invasive spine surgery using the Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System.

Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., opened the $7 million Northwest Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, according to a NWA Online report.

Quality has always been extremely important in healthcare, but the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act refocused providers toward data-driven results.

Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialists in the news this week.

Priority Health (Michigan) updated its Lumbar Fusion Medical Policy to cover for SI-BONE's minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion procedure.

Orthopedic spine surgeon Chibuikem Akamnonu, MD, joined FLH Medical, P.C. Orthopedic Surgery in Geneva, N.Y., according to a Finger Lakes Times report.

Michigan Head and Spine Institute in Southfield agreed to participate in DMH International's beta launch of Virtual Physician's Network Mobile App Technology.

  A study recently published in Spine examined the complications and mortality rate for cervical spine surgery patients and compared the rates between different racial groups.

An article published in The Spine Journal examines polyurethane materials use in spine surgery.