Spine

The North American Spine Society blog "Spine on the Hill" recently posted an update on the efforts to repeal and replace the sustainable growth rate formula.

A. Nick Shamie, MD, was appointed chief of orthopedic spine surgery at David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Laszlo Nagy, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon practicing in Lubbock, Texas, has been appointed as the Robert Moore, MD, Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, according to a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal report.

Resurgens Orthopaedics, based in Atlanta, Ga., has added orthopedic spine surgeon Bennett Grimm, MD, and orthopedic surgeon M. Jonathan Mathers to its team.

Richard Rooney, MD, and Kathy Wang, DO, of NeoSpine in the Puget Sound Area of Washington State, recently performed the state's first stem cell procedure to treat patients with back pain from degenerative disc disease.

Improve patient satisfaction can benefit a spine practice on many levels and lead to word-of-mouth referrals and an improved standing in the community. Here are five physicians and healthcare executives on how to produce happier spine patients.

Here are five tips for spine surgeons to make room for higher patient volume in their clinic.

A study, published on PubMed, has found that scoliosis is more prevalent in an adult population than previous reports have indicated.

Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center announced that Fred Sweet, MD, has been named one of the "Twenty People You Should Know" in 2013 by the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.

Several organizations, including the American Association for Neurological Surgeons, recently sent a letter to the Congressional Ways & Means Committee addressing medical liability in pending legislation.