Spine

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William Sonstein, MD, FACS, senior partner at Neurological Surgery, chief of neurosurgery at North Shore-LIJ Hospital at Plainview (N.Y.) and co-chief of neurosurgery at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bethpage, N.Y., is among the early adopters of new technologies that may…

The North American Spine Society and Pioneer Spine and Sports recently hosted Congressman James McGovern, representative of the Massachusetts Second Congressional District, at the Pioneer Northampton, Mass., location.

World Spine Care, a multinational non-profit organization, recently hosted its first ever health conference in Mahalapye, Botswana, according to a chiroeco.com report.

A recent study published in the journal Spine assessed the occurrence, risk factors and mortality of thromboembolic events after lumbar spine surgery.

Spine surgeons have a huge responsibility to provide safe, effective and cost-effective care to patients on a daily basis. However, for surgeons who want to go the extra mile to impact spine care beyond their practice, there are several avenues…

United Surgical Partners International honored The Christ Hospital Surgery Center Administrator Michael Galvin with the 2012 CEO Award, according to a Cincinnati.com report.

Malini Narayanan, MD, Charles Winters, MD, and Said Osman, MD, have begun to practice at the American Spine Waldorf, Md., location. Dr. Osman is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon. Dr. Narayanan and Dr. Winters are board-certified neurosurgeons.

Victory Healthcare, a for-profit community medical center firm based in The Woodlands, Texas, will lease property to reopen and operate The Hospital at Craig Ranch, a 24-bed surgical hospital in McKinney, Texas.

In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, researchers conducted a study of the correlation between lumbar epidural steroid injections and vertebral body fractures.