Spine

The North American Spine Society released a list of specific tests and treatments commonly ordered but not always necessary as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign.

K. Daniel Riew, MD, is the Mildred Simon Professor of Orthopedics, Professor of Neurosurgery, and Chief of cervical spine surgery for Washington University Orthopedics. He founded the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Cervical Spine Institute in 2007, dedicated to the operative and…

SpineCenterAtlanta, a comprehensive spine care facility, has received an accreditation from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

A new report published in The Spine Journal studies racial, ethic and socioeconomic disparities in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Several factors have come together in the past few months to create a perfect storm of disincentives to spine surgeon inventors.

Researchers in the department of orthopedic surgery at The Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore recently published an article examining the survival and morbidity after treatment for vertebral compression fractures among Medicare patients in the Journal of…

Alan Boulos, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon, has been elected to the Society of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Boulos is the chief of the neurosurgery division at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center.

Dixie Regional Medical Center plans to open the Southern Neurosciences Institute in St. George, Utah, next week, according to a report from The Spectrum.

A new study published in Spine examines the characteristics associated with acute development of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after spine surgery.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons sent a letter of disagreement to the Medical Director for the National Correct Coding Initiative Niles R. Rosen, MD, responding to a new procedure edit for spine surgery codes.