Jacob’s Disease: Neurosurgeons’ take on the Challenge of the Spine
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (right) Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD (left) Neurosurgeon at North Kansas City Hospital/Meritas Health North Kansas City, MO The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand […]
Cross Post – Woman Regains ‘Quality Of Life’ With Spine Surgery
Misinformation regarding spine care in the U.S. is a significant hindrance to understanding the important issues surrounding the care of patients with spinal conditions. At some point in our lives, each and every one of us will experience back or neck pain. Thus, the issues surrounding spine care matter to us all. Neurosurgeons know that […]
Rate of Return to Military Active Duty after Single and Two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Four Year Retrospective Review
Luis Manuel Tumialan, MD, FAANS Neurosurgeon, Barrow Neurological Institute Scottsdale, Ariz. Can a member of the United States Marine Corps return to unrestricted full duty after a cervical fusion? How about a Navy SEAL or a Navy F-18 fighter pilot? Wearing a 60-pound rucksack for hours, parachuting from 11,000 feet, diving into the depths of […]
Voices of Our Patients — Spine Surgery Gets Patient Dancing Again
Kimon Bekelis, MD Director of the Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center and co-director of the Neuro ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center Chairman, Neurointerventional Services at Catholic Health Services of Long Island Instructor, the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice West Islip NY Misinformation regarding spine care in the U.S. is a […]
Honoring Women Leading the Way in Spinal Surgery
Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRCSC Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, and Director, Spinal Neurosurgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN In light of our current Spine Focus as well as Women in History month, we would like to honor two prominent women who have demonstrated remarkable dedication, leadership and contribution to the field of spinal neurosurgery. […]
Innovations Create Bright Future for Spine Interventions: Looking Ahead through Eyes of Five Leaders
Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FAANS Charles A. Fager Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Burlington, MA Neurosurgeons have long been at the forefront of discovery in understanding spinal pathology and treating disorders of the spine. Innovations in medicine, imaging, anesthesia and surgery have already radically changed our […]
Help Prevent Spinal Cord Injury: ThinkFirst
Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FAANS (left) Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Director of Neuroendovascular Surgery for MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC Debby Gerhardstein RN, BSN, MA (middle) Executive Director, ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation Naperville, Illinois Mark A Spatola, MD (right) Past Chairman, ThinkFirst Board of Directors Orange Park […]
What Neurosurgeons are Learning from the Quality Outcomes Database – Spine
Guest post written by multiple members from the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, FACS; Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH, FAANS; Mohammed Bydon MD; Catherine Ann Miller, MD and Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, FAANS. The NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) was established in 2008 by the American […]
AANS/CNS Spotlight – Exceptional Speakers at the 2018 Spine Summit
This year’s 2018 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, which is being held this week in Orlando, FL, features a noteworthy ensemble of honored guests and speakers who will advance the meeting theme of, “Restoring Alignment in an Era of Global Change.” These speakers are innovators and […]
Spine Facts, Innovation and Improved Patient Outcomes: Neurosurgery Leading the Way
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (right) Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Vice Chair, Neurosurgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD (left) Neurosurgeon at North Kansas City Hospital/Meritas Health North Kansas City, MO “I know I can depend on books in times of trouble because they have […]