Here are 11 spine and neurosurgeons who were in the news over the past week.
Medical College of Wisconsin's Raj Rao, MD, was named chairperson of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Neurosurgeon Joseph Hahn, MD, announced his retirement as chief of staff at Cleveland Clinic, effective Dec. 31.
Temple University Hospital named Charles Munyon, MD, director of functional and restorative neurosurgery.
Spine surgeon and SpineFrontier CEO Kingsley R. Chin, MD, was in the news commenting on SpineFrontier's hiring of Tamara Souriolle to boost team education.
Huntington, W.Va.-based St. Mary's Medical Center announced neurosurgeon David Weinsweig, MD, died last week in a car accident after serving St. Mary's for more than 20 years.
Neurosurgeon Dunbar Alcidor, MD, joined Bayhealth in Dover, Del.
Tim Adamson, MD, a surgeon with Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates in Charlotte, N.C., was featured when Spine Wave launched his invention — Annex Adjacent Level System — earlier this week. He is now part of an ongoing clinical trial for the device.
Southern California Orthopedic Institute's Steven Schopler, MD, was in the news discussing the Everest Minimally Invasive Spinal System from K2M, which debuted at the Society for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Global Forum.
Texas back Institute's Ralph Rashbaum, MD, was featured in MD News for adopting the iFuse Implant System by SI-BONE.
Spine surgeons Anthony Yeung, MD, and James J. Yue, MD, co-chaired a course for 35 spine surgeons from around the world sponsored by the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery focused on endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques.
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