Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialists making headlines this week.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons awarded retired University of California, Los Angeles retired neurosurgeon Anselmo Pineda, MD, the Humanitarian Award for his work founding the Neurosurgical Peruvian American Foundation.
Chief of Staff and Director of the Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay/Martha and Pat Beard Center for Excellence in Spine Research Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, received the Memorial Award from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.
President and Founder of the Orthopaedic & Spine Institute in San Antonio and Chief of Staff at Victory Medical Center Landmark Steven Cyr, MD, received the 2014 Healthcare Heroes Award for excellence in military medicine given by the San Antonio Business Journal.
Jeffrey Sawyer, MD, became the first spine surgeon in Memphis to perform pediatric scoliosis surgery using the MAGEC Spinal Bracing System.
Southlake, Texas-based Amit Darnule, MD, became the first physician in the Greater Fort Worth area to implant the spinal cord stimulator Protege system.
Mark Fye, MD, of Steubenville, Ohio-based Trinity Health System performed the region’s first cervical spinal disc replacement.
White Plains, N.Y.-based Seth Neubardt, MD, partnered with software company ARCHES to launch a pilot to help patients with cervical spine issues to determine who is a good candidate for surgery.
The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery named Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago Gunnar Andersson, MD, PhD, president for 2014.
The Tennessee Medical Association gave neurosurgeon Jon Robertson, MD, the 2014 Outstanding Physician Award.
Vice Chief of Neurosurgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Daniel Resnick, MD, was quoted in a CBS report about releasing individual physician data on spinal fusion volume.
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