Below are news releases* and up-to-date information relating to the spine, medical advances, promising research studies and the Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders.

• Active Life Begins (Again) at 40 After Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery On Two Disks (January 22, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Physicians Elect William W. Brien, MD, as Chief of Staff (January 9, 2008)

• Back to School Safety: Avoiding Backpack Injury (August 10, 2006)

• Combining Endoscopic and Computer Technologies May Improve Safety, Accuracy and Efficiency of Complex Spinal Surgery (April 27, 2006)

The spinal surgeons and researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Institute of Spinal Disorders frequently write papers that are published in a wide variety of medical and scientific journals. Below are links to selections of these articles:

• "The Changing Role for Neurosurgeons and the Treatment of Spinal Deformity," J. Patrick Hohnson, MD; Robert S. Pashman, MD; Carl Lauryssen,MD, Neel Anand, MD; John J. Regan, MD, and Robert S. Bray, MD, Institute for Spinal Disorders, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, J Neurosurg Spine 2:233-242, 2005
  
  

Cedars-Sinai's neurosurgical staff is proud to publish Neurosciences Report, the Online Journal of Neurosciences, E-Medicine & Technology. This valuable online publication addresses the peer-review process and the latest developments, research and technology in neurosciences.