Here are seven spine surgeons who recently received awards or promotions.
Daniel Lu, MD, was tapped to head Project Walk's first Medical Advisory Board.
Michael Glover, MD, was named Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center's 2015 Nathan Avery Physician of the Year.
Spine surgeon and inventor Gary Michelson, MD, received the Albert B. Sabin Humanitarian Award from the Sabine Vaccine Institute.
Neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent for CNN Sanjay Gupta, MD, received the Alfred I. duPont Award for his coverage of medical marijuana.
Alpert Medical School appointed Ziya Gokaslan, MD, as chairman of the neurosurgery department.
Texas-based spine surgeon Eeric Truumees, MD, is the new editor-in-chief of AAOS Now.
Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, President of Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, was named the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.