Spine
In the realm of spinal fusion surgery, the quest for faster, safer, and more reliable bone formation has led to…
CMS’ mandatory Ambulatory Specialty Model could push smaller specialty practices to consolidate with larger groups or health systems because of its two-sided financial risk, according to an analysis published in the October 2026 issue of The American Journal of Managed…
Kim Ashayeri, MD, has spent years learning how to make spine surgery more precise. Now, some of her most important work involves convincing surgeons with decades more experience than she has to rethink how they operate. Dr. Ashayeri, a neurosurgeon…
Spine surgeons can now operate on patients they once had little choice but to turn away. Whether hospitals and practices can afford to deliver that care is becoming a more difficult question. Keven Burns, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon at…
Four spine surgeons from the University of California San Francisco have joined Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health to launch the Sutter Advanced Neuroscience & Spine Institute at Sutter’s California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Sigurd Berven, MD, Shane Burch, MD,…
Endoscopic spine surgery is gaining traction, but surgeons remain divided on whether its benefits justify the added cost, operating time and learning curve. Some point to faster recovery and less tissue disruption as reasons to adopt the technique, while others…
Much of the conversation about where spine surgery is headed comes from surgeons with decades of cases behind them. Matthew Meade, DO, a spine fellow at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, is approaching the same questions at the start of…
Endoscopic spine surgery has moved from niche technique to conference headliner in a matter of years. Andrew Chung, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon with Phoenix-based Banner Health, has watched that shift from the inside, and he has a warning for…
Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics has added Vincent Federico, MD, to its team of spine specialists. Dr. Federico is an orthopedic spine surgeon specializing in ultra-minimally invasive, motion-preserving and same-day spine surgery, according to an Oct. 5 news release from Coastal…
Florida has long been where Americans go to retire, which puts Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics on the front line of one of the biggest shifts in spine care. Patients there expect to stay active well into their 70s and 80s,…
Endoscopic spine surgery has a growing following among surgeons and patients. As it grows its presence in spine care, leaders consistently cite one of its biggest barriers to wider adoption is the difficult learning curve. Surgeons typically need 40 to…