Here are 14 spine and neurosurgeons making the news.
Christine Hammer, MD, will join Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health when she completes her spine fellowship at Atlanta-based Emory University School of Medicine this month. In an interview with Becker's, she outlined why she decided to join CHI Franciscan, differences between early-career and more experienced neurosurgeons and what changes she would like to see in spine.
Head of Clinical Services and Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England, Dr. Noor Ul Owase Jeelani led a team of 100 physicians in three procedures to separate craniopagus twins who were joined at the head.
Ashutosh Pradhan, MD, a neurosurgeon with St. Louis-based Ascension Medical Group and practicing at St. Vincent's Brain & Spine Institute in Jacksonville, Fla, discussed the future of robotics in spine, the biggest obstacle in spine care.
Neurosurgeon Josh Marcus, MD, provided his insight on the biggest barriers in spine, future trends and what device has significantly enhanced patient outcomes in his practice.
Indianapolis-based IU Health appointed Shelly Timmons, MD, PhD, to lead the department of neurosurgery. IU Health Physicians and the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis selected Dr. Timmons, who will be the first woman to lead the department.
William Richardson, MD, a spine surgeon with Duke Spine Center in Durham, N.C., shared his thoughts on the big trends in spine care delivery today.
Neurosurgeon and former professor of neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia Bruce Northrup, MD, died July 13. Dr. Northrup was president of the Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society and the Cervical Spine Research Society and co-authored the 1997 textbook, Surgical Approaches to the Spine.
Jonathan Gottlieb, MD, of Miami, Fla.-based Minimally Invasive Spine Center of South Florida discussed new payment models in spine and goals for the near future.
Oncotelic, a subsidiary of Mateon Therapeutics, appointed John Sampson, MD, PhD, to its medical advisory board. Dr. Sampson is a neurosurgeon-scientist who generates drugs for patients with brain tumors and focuses on the development, translation and understanding of immunotherapies.
Paul Houle, MD, of Cape Cod Healthcare Neurosurgery in Hyannis, Mass., successfully performed spine surgery using a transforaminal endoscopic surgical system. Dr. Houle performed the outpatient surgery with the joimax endoscopic devices to treat patients suffering from a herniated disc.
Adam Conley, MD, plans to leave his post as a neurosurgeon at Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha. His departure coincides with the retirement of Children's Hospital's CEO Richard Azizkhan, MD, also planned for August.
Howard Colman, MD, PhD, professor of neurosurgery at University of Utah in Salt Lake City was named one of the 2019 Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chairs. Dr. Colman will receive funding to enhance knowledge and advance care in his field of neurosurgery.
Phoenix Spine & Joint added former Hudson, Fla.-based Bonati Spine Institute neurosurgeon Bruce Moffatt, MD, to its staff. Dr. Moffatt will see patients in Goodyear, Ariz., and Scottsdale, Ariz.
Patients are asking UCI Health to reinstate Mark Linskey, MD, a neurosurgeon who won a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against the hospital this year, to the neurological surgery department.