Chicago-based Rush University is launching the Rush International Spine Education initiative in November to advance spine education among specialists worldwide.
Neurosurgeon Roberto Rey Dios, MD, has joined Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Gifford, Fla., according to a Nov. 12 report by South Florida Hospital News.
Spine surgeon Ali Baaj, MD, became the inaugural chief of spine surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix on Oct. 1.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has sued Midwest Medical Insurance, claiming the company skipped out on settlement talks involving 36 lawsuits against a former Avera spine surgeon, leaving the hospital to pay damages out of pocket, the Argus Leader reported Nov. 10.
Fear of being sued has prompted 77 percent of neurosurgeons to change how they practice medicine, with 36.5 percent having considered quitting their practice altogether, according to a study published in Neurosurgical Focus.
Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute was founded in 1970 by Richard H. Rothman, MD, PhD. Since then, the institution has become a leader in orthopedics.
Rahul Shah, MD, is performing anterior cervical discectomy and fusions on patients with multiple damaged discs as part of the Fuse clinical trial, ABC12 reports.