Summit Medical Group in New Jersey has added three neurosurgeons to its Spine Center, according to the Independent Press.

Jonathan Slotkin, MD, is director of spinal surgery at Geisinger Neuroscience Institute and director of spinal cord injury research. He has clinical interests in brain tumor surgery and complex spinal surgery, including degenerative conditions, spinal oncology, spine trauma, surgical back pain, adult deformity, minimally invasive approaches and artificial disc replacement technologies. He also has an interest in sports-related spine and neurological injuries.

Ken Yonemura, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who practices at the Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah. He's also a part of the Wasatch Neurological Surgery Clinic in Bountiful. Dr. Yonemura is the chair of the North American Spine Society Professional Conduct and Ethics subcommittee.

Fardad Mobin, MD, is a board-certified, fellowship-trained neurosurgeon who treats spinal disorders. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery and aims to provide strategically conceived approaches to the spinal pathology to minimize collateral normal tissue damage.

Southcoast Brain & Spine Center in Dartmouth, Mass., has opened a new outpatient clinic for patients with neurological brain and spine disorders, according to a Herald News report.

Jeffrey Lobel, MD, has joined the medical staff of Zanesville, Ohio-based Genesis HealthCare System, according to a Zanesville Times Recorder report.

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Approximately 90 percent of neurosurgeons responding to an American Association of Neurological Surgeons survey reported being hospital-based surgeons, with 89 percent being full-time employees. Forty percent were single-specialty hospital based groups and most were in four-person practices. The survey was taken in August 2011.

The Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation will collaborate to create a grant program for multidisciplinary clinical spine research, according to a Newswise report.

A new survey by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies says that although most neurosurgeons currently participate in Medicare, proposed physician payment cuts have led many to limit their Medicare practice in some way, according to a CNS news release.