Written by Laura Dyrda
Here are 15 spine surgeons who were in the news this week.
Alejandro Betancourt, MD, of Harlingen (Texas) Spine & Neurosurgical Institute performed the Rio Grande Valley’s first sacroiliac joint surgery at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen.
Anaheim, Calif.-based Healthpointe welcomed minimally invasive spine surgeon Alex Etemad, MD, to the physician team.
Stefano M. Sinicropi, MD, joined Greenway Surgery Center in Minneapolis as a new physician partner. He is the president and CEO of Edina, Minn.-based Midwest Spine and Brain Institute.
The International Journal of Spine Surgery is now on PubMed and has named several surgeon editors:
• Domagoj Coric, MD, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates: Complications
• Paul McAfee, MD, St. Josephs Medical Center: Cervical Spine
• Frank Phillips, MD, Rush University Medical Center: MIS
• Matthew Scott-Young, MD, Pacific Private Clinic: Biologics
• Wei Tian, MD, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital: Navigation
• Huilin Yang, MD, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University: Tumors
• Jim Yue, MD, Yale University School of Medicine: Endoscopic MIS
• Jack Zigler, MD, Texas Back Institute: Total Disc Replacement
