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Spring 2021 Newsletter

May 06, 2021AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
This issue includes interviews with outgoing Section Chair Mike Steinmetz and the 2021 DSPN meritorious award recipients; a variety of committee updates; and superb educational pieces.

Fall 2020 Newsletter

Sep 18, 2020AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this issue, "The COVID Issue", you will find excerpts on the impact COVID has had on spine patient care and education. There are interviews with SPC Chair, Dr. Erica Bisson, and Dunsker NREF HYM fund recipient, Dr. Jetan Badhiwala. You will learn from educational pieces on craniovertebral junction pathology and superior cluneal neuropathy. Lastly, there are updates from our Payor Response, Rules and Regulations, Nominating, and Peripheral Nerve Committees.

Spring 2020 Newsletter

Apr 23, 2020AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
This issue is packed with interviews of Zo Ghogawala, Volker Sonntag, Dan Resnick, Dan Riew, and David Kline. There are also timely updates from our members on the Washington and Fellowship Committees. And, as always, excellent material from our peripheral nerve group.

Fall 2019 Newsletter

Oct 18, 2019AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this issue, you will find information on the issue of quality in spine surgery. There are updates from the RUC, Rules and Regulation, Payor Response, and CPT committees. Our colleagues from UCSF provide a spinal cord injury research update. And, as always, there is excellent education on a peripheral nerve topic, this time nerve transfers.

Spring 2019 Newsletter

Apr 26, 2019AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this edition, you will find interviews with Drs. Michael Wang, John Wilson, and Rajiv Midha. Dr. Griffin Baum provides an insightful commentary on his experience as a neurosurgeon completing an orthopedic spine surgery fellowship. Drs. T. J. Wilson and Zack Ray educate us on meralgia paresthetica in the Peripheral Nerve Learning Corner. And there are timely updates provided by our volunteer leaders in Coding, Payor Response and Peripheral Nerve.

Winter 2019 Newsletter

Jan 01, 2019AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this issue, we present interviews with our Meritorious Award Winners for Neurosurgery, Bob Heary, and Orthopedics, Rolando Garcia, who will both be honored at the Spine Summit this spring. Also, Scott Zuckerman provides a fascinating account of spine surgery medical mission work in Tanzania. In our Peripheral Nerve learning corner, TJ Wilson and Zack Ray describe nerve transfers for spinal cord injury patients. Finally, LuisTumialan, Charlie Sansur and John Ratliff explain how the efforts of the Rapid Response Team of our DSPN Section made a key difference in reversing a critical error in spine surgery coding policy.

Spring 2018 Newsletter

Apr 01, 2018AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this issue, we present interviews with our outgoing Chair, Marjorie Wang, and Paul McCormick, the Meritorious Award recipient for Spine at the recent Spine Summit Meeting in Orlando. Also, Bob Harbaugh, Tony Asher and Mo Bydon provide an update on the status of the Quality Outcomes Database. In our Peripheral Nerve learning corner, TJ Wilson and Zack Ray describe nerve transfers for disabling injuries of the upper trunk of the brachial plexus. Finally, John Ratliff elucidates key changes in CPT coding for 2018.

Fall 2017 Newsletter

Oct 01, 2017AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this issue, we present interviews with Vince Traynelis and John McGillicuddy, who will be the Meritorious Award recipients for Neurosurgery and Peripheral Nerve, respectively, at the upcoming Spine Summit Meeting in Orlando in March 2018. Also, Mike Wang gives us a look into The Future of Outpatient Lumbar Fusion. In our Peripheral Nerve learning corner, we explore the nuances of the motor examination of the hand that can aid immensely in diagnosing spinal versus peripheral nerve disorders. Finally, we have an update from the Payor Policy Committee.

Spring 2017 Newsletter

Apr 01, 2017AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this issue, Rick Fessler gives us an overview of very exciting preliminary results from the ongoing Asterias clinical trial for stem cell transplantation in spinal cord injury. Cheerag Upadhyaya interviews our outgoing Section Chair, Jack Knightly on the eve of the Spine Summit in Las Vegas. Line Jacques speaks with Eric Zager on advances in peripheral nerve care and technology. Also from the Peripheral Nerve corner, Zack Ray and Thomas Wilson offer an excellent and concise review of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome. John Ratliff provides an update from the RUC, and Kurt Eichholz gives us an overview of recent payor and policy issues.

Fall 2016 Newsletter

Oct 01, 2016AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
In this issue, Zo Ghogawala presents an eloquent appraisal of the recent publications on the role of fusion in degenerative spondylolisthesis with stenosis. We also have two excellent interviews: Cheerag Upadhyaya chats with Ed Benzel and Line Jacques speaks with Robert Spinner. From the Peripheral Nerve corner we have a review of traumatic nerve injuries from Zack Ray and Thomas Wilson and an update on peripheral nerve educational offerings. And finally, we have updates on the RUC from John Ratliff and payor policy issues from Kurt Eichholz.

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