USA Health Neurosurgeon Named To National Committee

Dr. Richard Menger, chief of complex spine surgery at USA Health and director of the USA Health Spine Institute, was one of three neurosurgeons in the U.S. recently appointed as a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Guidelines Review Committee (JGRC) for the spine section. As a member of this committee, Menger will serve as a spine and methodology expert to help formulate the guidelines that dictate national standards of care or best practices for spinal surgeries in the U.S. Menger was chosen for this committee for his work on spinal deformity surgery and his academic contributions with more than 70 publications in national journals and serving as an editor of the textbook The Business Policy and Economics of Neurosurgery. JGRC’s primary charge is to evaluate clinical practice guidelines of potential relevance to neurosurgical practice.