Here are 10 orthopedic spine and neurosurgeons in the news this week.
Chad W. Farley, MD, opened his clinic — Rock Creek Neurosurgery — in Payson, Utah.
Frank Cammisa, MD, chief of spine service at Hospital for Special Surgery, was in the news earlier this week after consulting with New York Giants running back David Wilson, advising him to retire from the National Football League after a neck injury caused numbness in Mr. Wilson's hands and lower extremities.
Founder of Watkins Spine in Marina Del Rey, Calif., Robert Watkins, MD, performed spine surgery on Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino.
Temple University School of Medicine named Kadir Erkmen, MD, associate professor of neurosurgery and director of cerebrovascular neurosurgery and the neurosurgery residency program at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Irving, Texas-based SpineCARE Founder Douglas Won, MD, opened a new clinic in Mansfield, Texas.
Jeffrey Roh, MD, a spine surgeon at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Wash., performed the first posterior cervical spine stabilization procedure using the DTRAX technology in the state of Washington.
The University of New Mexico School of Medicine honored Anthony Yeung, MD, founder of Desert Institute for Spine Care in Phoenix, with the Distinguished Alumni Award for 2014.
Neurosurgeon Michael Wong, MD, was in the news this past week after reuniting with the people who saved his life when an assailant stabbed him repeatedly upon entering Western Hospital last summer, according to a Herald Sun report.
Todd J. Albert, MD, newly-appointed surgeon-in-chief and medical director of Hospital for Special Surgery, was in the news this week discussing the hospital's number one ranking in orthopedics from U.S. News & World Report.
Florida Back Institute's Jeffrey C. Fernyhough, MD, announced his group will join the beta launch of Virtual Physician's Network Mobile App Technology.