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6 SPINE SURGEONS Neurosurgeon sues Wyoming hospital, alleging employment agreement violations: 6 things to know By Laura Dyrda A nje Kim, MD, a Wyoming-based neurosur- geon, is suing her former employers for al- legedly violating her employment agreement, according to the Casper Star Tribune. Here are six things to know: 1. Dr. Kim began working for Mountain View Region- al Hospital in Casper, Wyo., in 2015 when the hospital purchased her previous employer. Within her employ- ment agreement, Dr. Kim was transferred to Mountain View. en on June 1, Casper-based Wyoming Medi- cal Center acquired Mountain View. On the same day, WMC terminated her employment agreement, which included a non-compete provision that prevents her from practicing in many parts of Wyoming. 2. WMC CEO Michele Chuilick informed Dr. Kim of her termination by letter, stating the neurosurgeon didn't obtain or maintain clinical privileges at WMC without restriction. However, Dr. Kim's original em- ployment agreement stated she was only required to maintain privileges at Mountain View. 3. Dr. Kim did not pursue privileges at WMC aer the hospital acquired her employment agreement. 4. Aer termination, Dr. Kim filed a suit against Moun- tain View, WMC and WMC subsidiary Wyoming Health Medical Group, arguing that she maintained privileges as outlined in her employment agreement and alleging the non-compete provision in her agree- ment is "unenforceable" because it is anti-competitive, according to the report. 5. Within her suit, Dr. Kim seeks a restraining order as well as punitive damages. 6. Dr. Kim's agreement also stated she was to receive copies of her patients' medical records aer termina- tion, but she did not receive the patient records. n Female UK-based neurosurgeon-in- training's tweet about being told to chose a different career goes viral By Laura Dyrda A U.K.-based neurosurgeon-in-training's tweet about sexism in the workplace went viral, according to the Daily Mail. The training neurosurgeon, Emily Mills, posted: "Excellent. First day back in fourth year on neurosurgery and told by a male reg- istrar that in 10 years time when I have a husband and children that I probably won't want to be a surgeon, so I should be something else instead. What a way to start placement #everydaysexism." Several Twitter users responded with encouragement and support, sug- gesting she lodge a formal complaint. The tweet has been deleted, due to the large response it garnered, but in its place, reads a new message: "Thank you to everyone who has commented or messaged with support. I have decided to delete the tweet purely due to over- whelming response. Although this raises an important discus- sion that should continue, twitter may not be the best place for it. #WomenInSurgery #ChangeIsNow" According to Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Northwest Neurosurgery Institute, women represent around 5 percent of practicing board-cer- tified neurosurgeons in the U.S., and there are 25 full-time female ac- ademic neurosurgeons in the U.S.; one is the chair of a neurosurgery department. n What are the top 4 revenue- generating specialties? Orthopedic surgery ranks No. 1 By Shayna Korol T he average net revenue physicians generate for their affiliated hospitals is $1.56 million, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2016 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey. The survey asked 3,500 hospital CFOs to quantify the outpatient and inpatient revenue physicians from 18 different specialties generated between December 2015 and March 2016, including revenue from patient referrals, tests and prescriptions. Here are the top four revenue-generating specialties: 1. Orthopedic surgery: $2.74 million 2. Invasive cardiology: $2.44 million 3. Neurosurgery: $2.44 million 4. General surgery: $2.16 million n