Spine

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery issued the ISASS Policy Statement — Cervical Interbody in the International Journal of Spine Surgery.

Vail (Colo.)-Summit Orthopaedics hired spine surgeon James Perry, DO, who will officially begin with the practice at the end of August, according to a Vail Daily report.

Some apples don't fall far from the tree. For father-son and father-daughter spine and neurosurgeon teams, that distance can sometimes be microscopic.

Chukwuka Okafor, MD, relocated Spine Institute of Central Florida's Lakeland office to a new location in Lakeland, according to a report by The Ledger.

Here are eight spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that joined new groups over the past few months.

  Dr. Marinko Rade received the 2014 Young Investigator Award from Spine for his article published in July 2014.

Founder of NeuroSpine Institute Robert L. Masson, MD, was named to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientific and medical research funding work group.

Hagerstown, Md.-based Parkway Neuroscience and Spine Institute added Stuart J. Goodman, MD, to its medical team.

  Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va., added Paul Muizelaar, MD, PhD, a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon to its physician team.

As healthcare shifts from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance and risk-sharing compensation models, specialists are developing new and innovative ways to ensure their field's sustainability in the future. Spine is no different — and in many ways, spine surgeons have an uphill…