Here are 10 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons in the news this past week.
Christopher Yeung, MD, of Desert Institute for Spine Care performed spine surgery on Colorado Rockies pitcher Brett Anderson.
Joseph Blythe, DO, joined Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, Tenn.
Dan Cooper, MD, and Andrew Dossett, MD, were in the news earlier this week after evaluating Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeVonte Holloman — who suffered a neck injury — and advising him to retire from professional football.
Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia named Philip A. Villanueva, MD, neurotrauma director.
Spine surgeon Joseph Smucker, MD, joined Indiana Spine Group in Carmel.
George Martin, MD, a spine surgeon at Foundation Surgical Hospital of El Paso (Texas) performed his 200th minimally invasive spine surgery using the Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System.
Adebukola Onibokun, MD, opened a new spine center — San Jose (Calif.) Neurospine.
Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., opened a $7 million Northwest Arkansas Neuroscience Institute and neurosurgeons Mayshan Ghiassi, MD, Mahan Ghiassi, MD, and John Barr, MD, joined.
Samuel Crides Jr., MD, a retired neurosurgeon from the U.S. Navy and Navy Commander, was featured in the Pensacola News Journal for his move to Sacred Heart Medical Group in Pensacola, where he will focus on treating spinal cord injuries.
Prof. Jean-Charles Le Huec performed the first procedure using FLXfit from Expanding Orthopedics for minimally invasive spine surgery.
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