Health launched the Orlando Health Spine Center in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area Sept. 1. The center brings neurosurgery, ...

DISC Surgery Center at Carlsbad (Calif.) partnered with San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare and will be co-branded as Sharp DISC Surgery Center Carlsbad. Sharp is a strategic equity partner in the ...

UF Health Pain Medicine appointed Sanjeev Kumar, MD, chief of its Gainesville operations. Dr. Kumar is a professor of anesthesiology and director of the Endoscopic Spine Surgery Fellowship, according ...

Insurer requirements are having the greatest effect on spine surgeons’ control over patient care, according to a recent Becker’s LinkedIn poll. Among 187 respondents, 73% selected insurer requirements ...

The first years after spine fellowship do not always come with a gentle learning curve. A young surgeon may expect to start with straightforward cases and gradually take on more difficult ones. The ...

Spine surgery has more treatment options than ever. Using them is getting more complicated. Payers are reaching further into surgical planning. Medicare reimbursement remains under pressure. Surgeons ...

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor C. Lowry Barnes, MD, was invested in the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Distinguished Chair during a Sept. 29 ceremony. Dr. Barnes, ...

Hasani Swindell, MD, has treated professional athletes whose livelihoods depend on getting back on the field. Now, he practices in Brooklyn, N.Y., where many of his patients have a different reason ...

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health has named Douglas Lundy, MD, as president of its Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Institute. As president of the institute, Dr. Lundy will lead more than 180 ...

Matawan, N.J.-based Alliance Orthopedics opened a new clinic in Toms River, N.J., expanding its orthopedic and rehabilitation services in the state. The clinic opened Sept. 28 and brings orthopedic ...

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush has added Ameen Barghi, MD, to its spine surgery team, effective Oct. 19. Dr. Barghi specializes in minimally invasive and robotic navigated spine surgery, ...

The North American Spine Society’s new patient safety position statement could be read as the latest round in a long-running dispute between spine surgeons and nonsurgical physicians. But two ...