Here are 12 spine and neurosurgeons making headlines.
Jeffrey Wang, MD, was appointed the 2018-19 president of the North American Spine Society.
Adam Brish, MD, 93, passed away.
Cincinnati-based IncludeHealth tapped John M. Tew, MD, to lead the digital health and wellness company's medical advisory board.
Sonjay Fonn, MD, and his fiancee were convicted of submitting false claims to CMS and incurred $5.49 million in fines.
Lawrence Rinksy, MD, performed an early onset scoliosis procedure using magnetic rods.
Kevin James, MD, operated on a Texas police officer who was injured while in the line of duty.
Kuros Biosciences appointed five spine surgeons to its strategic advisory board, including:
- Todd Allen, MD, PhD
- Alpesh A. Patel, MD
- Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD
- Andrew A. Sama, MD
- Faheem Sandhu, MD, PhD
Arvind Dubey, MD, implanted his 1,000th level of Centinel Spine's STALIF C-Ti Anterior Cervical Integrated Interbody device at the Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, Australia.