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Announcing the New Todd Albert Scholars Awards
November 3, 2022 | $500 for Orthopedic Surgery Residents and Fellows. Awarded through the Todd Albert Honor Your Mentor Fund, application to the Albert Scholar program is now open to all Orthopedic Surgery residents and fellows submitting an abstract to the Spine Summit annual meeting. The 30 top submitted abstracts will be awarded $500...More>
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The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons made significant strides in accomplishing their 2022 legislative…
From AANS, Advocacy News, 2022: The 369 undersigned members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, which includes organizations…
From Neurosurgery Blog, November, 2022: The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) are…
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Dear DSPN members, colleagues, friends: It is with a heavy heart that we have learned of the sudden tragic passing…
The Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program is a two-year national neurosurgeon-investigator mentoring program for junior spine faculty. Accepted applicants…
My ski accident reminded me to keep my patients' humanity front and center I knew I was still breathing. I…
Background Prior authorization is an administrative process requiring physicians to obtain pre-approval for medical treatments or tests before rendering this…
Neurosurgery is a potentially dangerous career choice. Unlike many vocations, being a neurosurgeon very quickly becomes an integral, and often…
CMS retroactively updated the Professional Liability Insurance Relative Value Units for several Medicare procedures, which will have a positive impact…
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Mar 30
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Mar 28
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Mar 25
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