Spine

OrthoSC in Myrtle Beach, S.C., added interventional pain medicine physician Scott Mayhew, MD.

Augmented reality and robot-assisted spine surgery both yielded high precision in pedicle screw placement, a study out of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery found.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital marked the topping off of the upcoming Adams Neurosciences Center, according to a Dec. 5 news release.

Thibodaux (La.) Regional Health System has added orthopedic spine surgeon Russ Parks, MD, to its team, according to a Dec. 4 report from KQKI News. 

With the new year just around the corner, spine surgeons are thinking about their main focus in 2025.

Wajeeh Bakhsh, MD, joined Franciscan Physician Network in Michigan City, Ind.

Denver neurosurgeon Brent Kimball, MD, is among three people and a neuromonitoring business resolving kickback allegations for more than $2 million total, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado.

John Dorman, MD, a neurosurgeon at Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Texas, has begun using the Apple Vision Pro AR headset for procedures, according to a Dec. 3 report from OA Online.

Two legal cases involving spine surgeons and implants were settled in the last seven days.

Neurosurgeon Alexander Taghva, MD, introduced focused ultrasound at his practice in Orange County, Calif., according to a Dec. 3 news release.