Spine

Roland Torres, MD, FAANS, FACS, has been named the clinical director of Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, a role that places him in charge of the center's neurosurgery program.

Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, Ill., has announced the launch of the Spine Center, a new program offering patients comprehensive spine care.

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Six spine surgeons talk about the biggest challenges for spine surgeons in terms of healthcare reform.

This past March, Anthony Yeung, MD, founder of Desert Institute for Spine Care in Phoenix, and his wife Eileen, announced they would donate $2.5 million to develop a comprehensive spine center at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico.…

Fred Scialabba, MD, and James Greenspan, MD, of Glen Falls (N.Y.) Hospital Neurosurgery and Spine, have teamed with the Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center Hospital, according to a report by The Business Review.

Researchers led by Hyun Bae, MD, a spine surgeon with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, examined patients who underwent surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis from 2004 to 2009 from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a database developed as part of…

Mission Health, Asheville, N.C.-based health system, has announced the opening of Mission Spine & Back Pain Center in Asheville.

More than half of physicians in the United States are employed by hospitals, including about 60 percent of family physicians, according to a Medscape report.

Spinal fusions are a major procedure for patients and hospitals, and the amount charged for the procedure varies between $19,000 and more than $470,000. Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!…