Spine

Here are seven things for spinal surgeons to know for May 22, 2014.

The Scoliosis Research Society announced 2014 awards and scholarships.

Safdar N. Khan, MD, Chief of the Division of Spine Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, began researching cytokines when he was a resident.

  William Weigel, MD, has joined Spokane, Wash.-based Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists, according to a report by The Spokesman-Review.

  Spine & Neuro Center in Huntsville, Ala., recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, according to AL.com report.

A group of researchers performed a retrospective cohort analysis of patients who underwent spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis between 2002 and 2009 in the United States to examine outcomes and costs. The research was published in Spine.

The documentation insurance companies demand includes data about non-surgical treatment — previously compiled by primary care physicians or non-operative specialists — as well as the appropriate diagnostic and imaging studies.

Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, in coordination with Carolinas Medical Center, is making a new local neurosurgical residency program in Charlotte, N.C., a reality.

Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialists making headlines this week.

  Armin Curt, MD, principal investigator in the StemCells trial for spinal cord injury patients, gave an update on the Phase I/II trial at the American Spinal Injury Association annual meeting in San Antonio.