Richard Menger, MD, earned the Samuel Hassenbusch Young Neurosurgeon Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons for the second year in a row, Gulf Coast Media reported Oct. 23.
Dr. Menger is a neurosurgeon with USA Health in Mobile, Ala. and focuses on complex spinal reconstruction.
His award recognizes the top socioeconomic abstract among thousands of submissions.
Dr. Menger was awarded for his abstract "Impact of COVID-19 on Neurosurgical Utilization and Reimbursement," which looked at how COVID-19 restriction affected neurosurgery cases.