Spine

The Orthopedic & Spine Institute of San Antonio has announced the opening of its Children's Orthopaedic & Spine Center, which will be led by Hongbo Liu, MD, and Eric Ritchie, MD.

Earlier this week the Dallas-based network Dr-Pain.com added eight new spine surgeons and has now announced the addition of another six spine surgeons.

This webinar was sponsored by Esaote North America and Musculoskeletal Imaging Consultants.

Spine surgeons are constantly seeking new ways to grow their patient base. Spine-health.com connects surgeons, plus other spine specialists, with a large pool of potential patients, which can significantly contribute to a spine practice's volume and revenue growth.

Spine surgeons rely on referring physicians, word-of-mouth and varying marketing tactics to grow their patient base, but these methods don't always have consistent results.

Mark Crawford, MD, is a spine surgeon with Albuquerque, N.M.-based ABQ Health Partners. His practice focuses primarily on adult spine degeneration; he has been performing spinal fusions for 15 years.

Training for orthopedic spine and neurosurgeons has developed tremendously over the past few decades. Whereas it was once a rarity for orthopedic surgeons to undergo spine-focused fellowships, now almost all surgical spine specialists entering into the field have at least…

Leigh Valley Health Network has agreed to purchase Westfield Hospital in South Whitehall Township, Pa., and intends to convert the hospital into its Center for Orthopedic Medicine, according to a report by The Morning Call.

Spine surgeons and specialists from Hospital for Special Surgery recently developed and released testing results of a patient-derived expectations survey. The results were published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Spine surgeons and specialists from Hospital for Special Surgery recently developed and released testing results of a patient-derived expectations survey. The results were published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.