An Emory Healthcare neurosurgery team led by Daniel Refai, MD, professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine, has completed what is believed to be the world’s first continuously navigated endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), a minimally invasive procedure used to treat certain conditions affecting the lower spine.

Emory Healthcare becomes a Founding Partner of the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center, bringing nationally recognized research, innovation, and sports medicine to the new home for soccer in America.

Christian P. Larsen, MD, DPhil, FACS, an Emory kidney and pancreas transplant surgeon and immunologist, internationally recognized for transforming organ rejection prevention, is the recipient of this year's American College of Surgeons Jacobson Innovation Award.