Here are four spine surgeons making the news this week:
Vladimir Sinkov, MD, opened his independent practice, Sinkov Spine Center, June 1 despite disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
David Ditsworth, MD, of The Back Institute of Beverly Hills (Calif.) performed the practice's first spine surgery after a two-month closure.
Following results of a global spine study, Howard An, MD, director of the spine surgery fellowship program at Rush Medical College in Chicago, commented that the spine surgeon has been the "forgotten soldier" of the pandemic.
Bradford Currier, MD, performed spine surgery on Pittsburgh Penguins' forward Nick Bjugstad.