Spine

A new healthcare-focused podcast in Los Angeles will feature a series including Marina Spine Center's Robert G. Watkins IV, MD, and David Chang, MD.

Little Rock-based Arkansas Spine and Pain is converting its satellite office in Conway, Ark., to a full-time practice, according to a report by The Cabin.

Santa Rosa Orthopaedics in Milton, Fla., named Christian Athanassious, MD, co-director of its total spine health program, according to a report by The Press Democrat.

Mark Foster, MD, joined the medical staff at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., according to a Port City Daily report.

  Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, has been elected president of Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute and appointed chairman of orthopedics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute adds Jeffrey F. Shall, MD, to its newly opened Cleveland location and Thomas Francavilla, MD, to its new Cincinnati location.

DISC Sports & Spine Center in Newport Beach (Calif.) added Hooman M. Melamed, MD, to its medical staff, according to a Newport Beach Independent report.

Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, FAANS, has been named president-elect of the Society of Neurological Surgeons, according to a Lebanon Daily News report.

A study published in the August edition of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines the 30-day morbidity after single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

  Spine surgeon leaders traditionally held a few key roles, including teaching appointments, national organization committee chairs, hospital department heads or serving on a device company board. But today, with the focus in healthcare shifting toward evidence-based medicine, the most…