Here are 10 spine surgeon and neurosurgeons making headlines.
Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Hospital surgeon Eric Deshaies, MD, is leaving the hospital to direct a spine program in Charlotte, N.C.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons appointed Shelly Timmons, MD, as its first female president.
Neurosurgeon Dan Surdell, MD, performed a cerebrospinal fluid leak repair on a woman whose CSF leaked out of her nose for two years.
James St. Louis, DO, will now accept Medicare for laser spine procedures.
Neurosurgeon Louis Kralick, MD, settled a malpractice lawsuit concerning a spine procedure performed in 2013. Dr. Kralick also made headlines in March for allegedly photographing the genitalia of a patient undergoing spine surgery at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage.
Lane Spero, MD, is now performing robot-assisted spine surgery using Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS system and Medtronic's StealthStation at The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain.
Between January 2013 and December 2016, Vineland, N.J.-based James Sanfilippo, MD, performed the highest number of spinal fusion procedures in the state.
San Francisco Magazine named neurosurgeon Ronnie Mimran, MD, to its 2018 Bay Area's Top Doctors list.
Phoenix-based orthopedic group The CORE Institute welcomed orthopedic spine surgeon Tajdip Sandhu, MD.
Orthopedic spine surgeon P. Richard Emmanuel, MD, has been named a 2018 Top Doctor in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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