Here are five spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.
Neurosurgeon Mark Testaiuti, MD, of Mount Laurel, N.J.-based Coastal Spine, was included in the National Consumer Advisory Board's "America's Best Physicians" registry for 2016.
Hooman Melamed, MD, of Marina del Rey, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center, began offering spinal surgery services to the southern California area.
Fred Sweet, MD, of Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center, served as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
New York-based Nexera consulting group added neurosurgeon Marilyn Gates, MD, to its clinical value analysts team.
Christopher R. Good, MD, of Reston-based Virginia Spine Institute, performed his 100th spinal fusion surgery using Mazor Robotics' Renaissance Robotic Guidance System.