Spine

Here are five recent healthcare-related policy trends potentially impacting spine surgeons.

Researchers of Laser Spine Institute, led by medical director Michael Perry, MD, have published a study in the Journal of Orthopaedics on the outcomes of lumbar laminotomy and foraminotomy in lumbar spinal stenosis patients.

Here are seven underused areas of online potential to have a big impact on spine surgeons and their practices.

Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., began a $33 million expansion project in January, which now includes the expansion of its Neuroscience Intensive Care and Neuroscience Immediate Care units, according to a Munster Community report.

Bryan Oh, MD, a neurosurgeon with a special interest in spine surgery at BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., discusses the important elements of a successful spine practice business models in the future.

Holland (Mich.) Hospital has announced its $10 million spine, neurosurgery and orthopedic unit expansion is nearly completed, according to a WHTC report.

This article was written by Dick Pepper, a medical marketing specialist who blogs at VoxMD.com and can be reached at dick.pepper@voxmd.com.First websites, then social media and now you have to make an online video? Although it seems like the list of things…

A Research and Markets report predicts that the increase in the population of those older than 65 years and the rising obesity rates in the U.S. will have a large impact on the spinal surgery market.

David Chang, MD, of Marina Spine Center in Los Angeles, discusses why he chose to go into private practice and how this can be the right choice for spine surgeons fresh from their fellowships.  

Hallett Mathews, MD, MBA, is the executive vice president and chief medical officer of New York City-based Paradigm Spine, LLC, a non-fusion spinal implant and device technology manufacturer. Dr. Mathews is also a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon.