Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this week.
Spine surgeon Gil Tepper, MD, founder of the Virtual Physician's Network Mobile App, partnered with Miracle Mile Medical Center in Los Angeles to launch the app technology.
Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, Mo., named Cheerag D. Upadhyaya, MD, director of the spine program.
Orthopedic spine surgeon Erkan Alic, MD, joined Coastal Orthopedics in Conway, S. C.
Dayton, Ohio-based Wright State Physicians Orthopaedics added Mark Kayanja, MD, PhD.
James Perry, DO, joined Vail (Colo.)-Summit Orthopaedics and will begin his practice as a spine surgeon at the end of August.
Founder of NeuroSpine Institute Robert L. Masson, MD, was named to the California Inistitute for Regenerative Medicine scientific and medical research funding work group.
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston sent Academic Medical Director of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Howard Epps, MD, and Director of the Neuro-Spine Program Andrew Jea, MD, to the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program conference to present on the adolescent spine-focused research.
California-based neurosurgeon Ian Armstrong, MD, spoke about the state's new law aimed at limiting concussions in middle school and high school athletes on Eyewitness News Mornings.
Fellowship-trained neurosurgeon Paul Muizelaar, MD, joined Cabell Huntington Hospial in Huntington, W.Va.