Drs. Mark Richardson, Jason Bessey and more: 9 spine surgeons in the headlines this week — Oct. 14, 2016

Spine

Here are nine updates. 

Raphael Roybal, MD, from The Spine Institute at Chatham Orthopaedics in Savannah, Ga. will present his experience using the FLXfit at the SMISS, in Las Vegas.

 

Over 30 lawsuits were filed against spine surgeon Allen Sossan, MD, who is accused of killing and injuring patients in Yankton between 2008 and 2012, the Daily Republic reports.

 

North Shore Medical Center welcomes Massachusetts General Hospital spine surgeon Jason Bessey, MD, to the North Shore community, WickedLocal.com reports. 

 

Northern Michigan University's Psychology Department will kick off the 40th year of its colloquium series with a presentation by neurosurgeon Craig Coccia, MD, titled "Pre-Operative Psychological Evaluation of the Surgery Patient," UpMatters.com reports. 

 

SpineNevada, the practice of James Lynch, MD, in Reno was in the news for offering advanced imaging with InMotion Diagnostics. The practice implemented the Esaote G-Scan Brio, the InMotion MRI system.

 

Neurosurgeon Matthew A. Howard III, MD, wrote a letter to the editor of the Des Moines Register calling presidential candidate Donald Trump (R) unfit.

 

Mark Richardson, MD, is leading a team of experts from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Johns Hopkins University to conduct research to better understand how speech is controlled in the brain.

 

Neurosurgeon Brian Nahed, MD, MSC, is in the process of developing the first blood-based test for patients with brain tumors.

 

Tony Mork, MD, an endoscopic spinal surgeon, wrote a blog on Medtronic about how to identify when your marketing tactics are working.

 

More spine news:
8 things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday — Oct. 13, 2016
UT Southwestern researchers boost regeneration of spinal cord nerve cells — 8 highlights
6 key notes on the ACDF learning curve: Can surgeons safely perform it in the beginning of their career?

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