Here are 12 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that joined new organizations, achieved promotions or moved locations in August 2017.
Denver Spine Surgeons in Greenwood Village, Colo., welcomed Okezie Aguwa, MD.
The American Health Council named Christopher DeMassi, MD, standing medical director of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial HealthCare System, to its physician board.
Neurosurgeon Rafeek Woods, MD, joined Lakeland Health in St. Joseph, Mich.
John Caruso, MD, joined WVU Medicine's neurosurgery department and will serve as director of neurological surgery at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.V.
Zackary Child, MD, joined the Tahoe Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Huntington, W.Va.-based Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine welcomed Nicolas Phan, MD, to its neurosurgery department.
Neurosurgeon Lon Alexander, MD, joined Rush Health in Chicago.
Matthew Schreckinger, MD, joined the Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, Calif.
Neurosurgeon Drew Spencer, MD, joined the Edwards Neurosciences Institute in Naperville, Ill.
Merit Health Central in Jackson, Miss., welcomed neurosurgeon Menarvia Nixon Gaddis, MD.
Adil Samad, MD, joined Tampa-based Florida Orthopaedic Institute.
Effingham, Ill.-based HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital welcomed spine surgeon Jonathan Workman, DO.