Here are eight spine surgeons and neurosurgeons that joined new organizations, moved locations or received promotions in October 2017.
Ali Rezai, MD, left Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to join Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine. He now leads clinical trails and research programs at WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, a new program for the health system.
Marco A. Rodriguez, MD, opened the International Spine Institute in Baton Rouge, La. He previously treated patients in South Carolina for five years, before founding the International Spine Institute.
Robert Huang, MD, joined Sacred Heart's Pediatric Care Center at Gulf Breeze (Fla.). State University of New York Center for Advanced Technologies granted Dr. Huang funds for osteoporosis research and Palms Clinic and Hospital Corporation awarded him grant money to study spinal fusion.
Galena, Kan.-based Orthopedic Specialists of the Four States welcomed its third spine surgeon, Toby Moore, DO. He previously treated patients at Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Front Range Orthopedics.
Brian Willis, MD, will serve as the interim chairman of Louisiana-based LSU Health Shreveport's neurosurgery department, effective Nov. 1. Dr. Willis replaces Anil Nanda, MD.
Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., welcomed neurosurgeon Arturo Camacho, MD. He underwent fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic.
Conway (Ark.) Regional Health System welcomed Regan S. Gallaher, MD, to its team. Equipped with about 20 years of experience, Dr. Gallaher specializes in treating spinal illness and trauma.
Spine surgery specialist Michael Mauro, DO, joined Healthpointe in La Mirada, Calif. Dr. Mauro underwent fellowship training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.