Spine

Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., has unveiled a new device that will be used to navigate spine surgery, the first of its kind in the state, according to an ABC 32 WNCF TV report.

The North American Spine Society participates in the Advancing Medical Professionalism to Improve Health Care Foundation's "Choosing Wisely" campaign, which was recently criticized in a Kaiser Health News report.

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery recently included a report on complications in patients who underwent cervical spine surgery with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein.

The Pain Management Center of Long Island, a division of North American Partners in Pain Management, plans to open a new office in Long Island, N.Y., next week.

The spine care field grew immensely over the past few decades and now there are multiple treatment options for patients with back pain and deformity. The treatment patients receive often depends on which specialists they see and the specialist's education…

New London (N.H.) Hospital announced that Harold Pikus, MD, of Lebanon, N.H.-based Upper Valley Neurology Neurosurgery, will begin seeing patients at the hospital in June.

University of New Mexico's Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho has expanded its spinal surgery options with the addition of an endoscopic spine surgery program, according to an Albuquerque Journal report.

Alexa Canady, MD, the first female African American neurosurgeon in the United States, will deliver the commencement address at Roosevelt University in Chicago, according to a report from eNews Park Forest.

A Level 2 study recently published in Spine examines whether bone marrow concentrate with allograft is equivalent to autograft in lumbar fusions.

  Here are seven recent achievements and new leadership roles for spine surgeons and neurosurgeons.