Here are 10 spine surgeons who made this week's news:
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons appointed Jacob M. Buchowski, MD, of St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine, to its board of directors.
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University admitted its first female black neurosurgery resident, Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, on March 17, 2017.
Dong H. Kim, MD, shared his take on how neurosurgeons should approach the changing healthcare industry in Neurosurgery's April supplement.
Brian R. Gantwerker, MD, Plas T. James, MD, Vladimir Sinkov, MD, Richard Kube, MD, and Kern Singh, MD, commented on the business side of practicing medicine.
Hyun Bae, MD, and Paul Kim, MD, performed the first procedures using Carlsbad, Calif.-based Spinal Elements' Lucent XP expandable interbody implant.
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