Spine

Mazor Robotics announced that Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville (Fla.) has acquired a second Renaissance surgical guidance system.

Madhavan Pisharodi, MD, a neurosurgeon focused on spine surgery, recently received a patent for a battery charger that has a built-in timer to prevent overcharging, according to a Brownsville Herald report.

Neurosurgeon Charles L. Branch Sr., MD, who practiced in San Antonio for nearly 30 years, recently died of endocarditis at the age of 87, according to a My San Antonio report.

Elsevier has launched the open access journal Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management.

A new study published in The Spine Journal confirms that using autologous bone marrow concentrate with allograft is better than using allograft alone from posterior lumbar fusion.

Donna D. Ohnmeiss, PhD, President of the Texas Back Institute Research Foundation in Plano, gave a presentation about data collection and outcomes survey design at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting earlier this year.

Here are five spine and neurosurgeons who recently assumed new leadership positions.

An article recently published in The Spine Journal examines adverse event reporting in studies for biologics use in spine surgery.

Merle P. Stringer, MD, a neurosurgeon at Brain and Spine Center, was reappointed to the Board of Medicine in Florida, according to a report from The News Herald.

Sandi Lam, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon, has joined Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.