Spine

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.

Here are five points on neurosurgeon salary based on statistics from the U.S. Government Bureau of Labor as reported on Health Care Salary Online.

Here are five spine industry experts on the biggest challenges currently facing the industry.

Gary, Ind.-based Methodist Hospitals is planning new orthopedic and spine care facilities at its Midlake Campus in Gary and its Southlake Campus in Merrillville, Ind.

Thirty-two percent of patients were using narcotic painkillers a year after undergoing spine surgery, according to a new study reported in MedPage Today.

Patients who met the inclusion criteria for degenerative spondylolisthesis improved more with surgery than with nonoperative treatment, according to a study published in Spine.

Five spine surgeons discuss how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's reforms will affect their spine practice.

Bartosz Wojewnik, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, recent joined Loyola University Medical Center, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Three spine surgeons discuss their patient selection process and why this step is one of the most important in spine care.