Here are nine spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.
Michael Dorsi, MD, of Ventura (Calif.) Neurosurgery, was among the first group of neurosurgeons to use Camber Spine's Spira-C Open Matrix Cervical Interbody device.
Mark Dekutoski, MD, joined the Marshfield Clinic Eau Claire (Wis.) Center's orthopedic surgery department.
A Hamilton County judge ordered neurosurgeon Mario Zuccarello, MD, to stop practicing medicine within a 25-mile radius of Norwood, Ohio-based Mayfield Brain & Spine. Mayfield filed a lawsuit against former partner and vice chairman of the Mayfield board Dr. Zuccarello for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement.
Robert Hart, MD, of Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University published his findings on the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and lumbar spinal fusion procedures in Spine.
Gene Massey, MD, is the only surgeon in South Carolina trained to perform surgeries using Mazor Robotics' Renaissance System.
Neurosurgeons Timothy Smith, MD, PhD, Hasan Zaidi, MD, and Omar Arnaout, MD, joined Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center.
Continental Who's Who recognized Harlingen, Texas-based neurosurgeon Alejandro Betancourt, MD, as a Pinnacle Lifetime member.
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