Todd Lanman, MD, a neurosurgeon and practice owner based in Beverly Hills, Calif., performed a laminectomy at the View Hospital in Qatar, an affiliate of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Gulf Times reported April 3.
Dr. Lanman, who has completed more than 5,000 laminectomy procedures, led a team of 15 medical staff through the operation, and the patient was discharged from the hospital the same day, according to Gulf Times.
Dr. Lanman owns and operates Lanman Spinal Neurosurgery in Beverly Hills, Calif., and is affiliated with Saint John's Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center and Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, all in Los Angeles.