A lawsuit filed against Morgantown. W.Va.-based J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital accuses an anesthesiologist of negligence during a 2021 spinal surgery, The Dominion Post reported Oct. 3. 

Andrew Hecht, MD, is chief of spine surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Stephen Hochschuler, MD, of Plano-based Texas Back Institute, joined Backstop Neural's advisory board, according to an Oct. 3 news release.

New Orleans-based Culicchia Neurological added Cole Lewis, MD, and Adam Podet, MD., according to an announcement in Biz New Orleans.

St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children's has launched its Spine Institute.

Themistocles Protopsaltis, MD, is chief of spine surgery at NYU Langone Health in New York City.

Becker's reported on four key spine and orthopedic studies during the third quarter of 2023:

While major insurer Aetna has taken steps to expand its coverage for spine and orthopedic care in the last year, for some surgeons, it's still not enough. 

As minimally invasive spine procedures increase in popularity, so too does their prevalence in the ASC setting. 

Christopher Shaffrey, MD, is chief of the spine division at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.

Here are 21 spine and neurosurgeons who joined new practices or added to their titles in the third quarter of 2023:

From motion-preserving techniques to advanced navigation technologies, there are multiple emerging trends in spine surgery.

Byron Stephens, II, MD, is division chief of orthopedic spine surgery at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

David Frim, MD, PhD, who was chief of neurosurgery at the University of Chicago Medicine, died Aug. 22 at the age of 63.

John Shin, MD, is chief of spine neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The prior authorization system is seen as flawed by many surgeons working in orthopedics, spine surgery and beyond. 

Galal Elsayed, MD, a neurosurgeon, has joined the faculty of the Weill Cornell Medicine Brain and Spine Center in New York City.

Relievant Medsystems released the Intracept Simulator System, a training program for the Intracept procedure, the company said Sept. 21.

Spine surgeons spend the majority of their days taking care of patients. But what happens when they're the one who's injured?

Khaled Kebaish, MD, is division chief of orthopedic spine surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.