Jonathan Grauer, MD, is chief of spine surgery at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. 

Todd Lanman, MD, launched the ADR Spine Top Doctors in Arthroplasty Program to connect patients with disc replacement surgeons in their regions.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. earned its second Gold Seal of Approval by the Joint Commission for Disease-Specific Care Re-Certification for Spine Surgery.

UP Health System Marquette in Michigan added neurosurgeon Elizabeth Hogan, MD, to the Brain and Spine Center, according to a Sept. 12 news release.

We all know of the unnecessary delays in patient care that prior authorizations can pose.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is the best specialty hospital in the world for neurosurgery, according to Newsweek.

Malia Cali, MD, has joined the staff of Vail, Colo.-based Steadman Clinic.

In Florida, the lowest-paying state for spine surgeons, the average pay is $244,853 — 24 percent less than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.

A spine surgeon can make between $244,853 and $381,289 — a range of $136,436 — depending on which state they practice in, according to career website ZipRecruiter.

Music is an important part of people's daily lives, and for surgeons the right playlist can help set the grounds for a confident, successful surgery.

ChatGPT spotted and diagnosed a pediatric patient's tethered cord syndrome that was missed by 17 specialists, People reported Sept. 12.

UConn Health is planning to consolidate offices at its Brain & Spine Institute in a newly constructed building in Farmington, Conn., according to a Sept. 11 report from the Hartford Business Journal. 

FloSpine has successfully implanted the first Ti-Largo 3D printed cervical cage in partnership with the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, according to a Sept. 12 report from South Florida Hospital News.

Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD, accepted the role of president of the Scoliosis Research Society. 

Joseph Schwab, MD, will lead Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's spine-oncology program and the Center for Surgical Technology and AI Research, according to a Sept. 11 news release shared with Becker's.

Lawrence Rinsky, MD, is retiring from a decades-long orthopedic career at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine Children's Health, the hospital said Sept. 10.

An Ohio appeals court on Sept. 8 overturned a verdict against spine surgeon Atiq Durrani, MD, and is granting him a new trial.

Hardeep Singh, MD, is one of few spine surgeons globally who is taking advantage of 3D-printed devices to help patients, according to a Sept. 7 feature from the University of Connecticut.

Becker's reported on two spine and orthopedic setlements in the last month.

Declining CMS pay has been a point of pain for many spine surgeons. Five spine surgeons share their concerns and if the decreasing pay rates would ever affect the patients they treat.