Here are eight spine and neurosurgeons making headlines:
Kola Jegede, MD, is the new director of quality and safety for spine services at New York City-based NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.
Due to court scheduling conflicts, the bankruptcy fraud sentencing of Cathleen Van Buskirk, MD, has been pushed back to 2019.
Former Rockford, Ill.-based OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center CEO David Schertz testified that the hospital drafted a plan to handle the media's questions about Denice Crute, MD, who was hired after allowing her license to go inactive.
Ammar Hawasli, MD, is working with LimiFlex to study the device's effectiveness as an alternative to spinal fusion.
Reston, Va.-based Virginia Spine Institute added Ehsan Jazini, MD, to its team.
Richard Menger, MD, Christopher Storey, MD, PhD, and Anil Nanda, MD, edited The Business, Policy, and Economics of Neurosurgery for clinical neurosurgeons.