Here are 17 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that joined new organizations or received promotions in August.
Worcester-based University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester-based University of Massachusetts Medical Center appointed Mark D. Johnson, MD, PhD, chair of the neurosurgery department.
Massapequa, N.Y.-based Total Orthopedic and Sports Medicine added Dante Leven, DO, to its medical staff.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System added neurosurgeon Joseph H. Miller, MD, to its team.
Neurosurgeon Andrew H. Marky, MD, will see patients at Houston Methodist Neurological Institute and Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital.
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center named Frank Phillips, MD, director of the spine surgery division for orthopedic surgery department. Dr. Phillips is a physician with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.
Anthony Clavo, MD, will lead SpineCenterAtlanta's new office, SpineCenterConyers in Georgia.
Neptune City, N.J.-based Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Redbank, N.J.-based Riverview Medical Center added neurosurgeon Howard Eisenbrock, DO.
Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital named neurosurgeon Frank K. Vrionis, MD, PhD, the director of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute.
Southeastern Health's Southeastern Spine and Pain in Lumberton, N.C., welcomed neurosurgeon Saksith Smithason, MD.
Neurosurgeon Michael Casey, DO, will join Edward Neurosciences Institute in Naperville, Ill.
Neurosurgeon Joseph Cochran, MD, joined Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Associates and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, both in Houston.
Reno (Nev.) Orthopaedic Clinic welcomed Benjamin Bjerke, MD, to its team.
Kaith Almefty, MD, and Jay D. Turner, MD, PhD, joined Phoenix-based Barrow Brain and Spine.
Semmes Murphey Clinic in Memphis, Tenn., welcomed two spine surgeons, Christopher Nickele, MD, and Michael LaBagnara, MD, to the team.
Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush welcomed Gregory Lopez, MD, to its team.