David Chang, MD, of Marina Spine Center in Los Angeles, discusses why he chose to go into private practice and how this can be the right choice for spine surgeons fresh from their fellowships.  

Hallett Mathews, MD, MBA, is the Executive Vice president and Chief Medical Officer of New York City-based Paradigm Spine, LLC, a non-fusion spinal implant and device technology manufacturer. Dr. Mathews is also a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon.

Benvenue Medical's Kiva vertebral compression fracture treatment system and Blazer vertebral augmentation system were named by Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management as innovative minimally invasive treatments for VCFs.

Texas Spine & Neurosurgery Center in Sugar Land has announced it has been joined by Vincent Wang, MD, an expert in complex spinal surgery and neurocritical care.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, industry experts will lead a keynote panel titled "The Changing Role of Spine Surgery."

Beverly, Mass.-based SpineFrontier has launched its PedFuse REmind Pedicle Screw System for midline lumbar surgery.

Ross Sherban, MD, performed the first minimally invasive percutaneous pedicle screw surgery with a Texas Diamondback system from Eminent Spine.

Sunni Patterson is President/CEO of RMK Holdings Inc., a medical billing and revenue cycle management company serving physicians, physician groups and other healthcare organizations. Here she discusses ways spine practices can build effective, productive billing processes.

PDP Holdings recently released a statement in strong support for the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Special Fraud Report of March 26, 2013, on physician-owned distributorships.

Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala., has been named at Blue Distinction Center+ designation from BlueCross BlueShield in the areas of spine and knee and hip replacement, according to a WTVY report.