Here are five things to know:
1. Plano-based Texas Back Institute's Isador Lieberman, MD, organized the mission.
2. In 2006, Dr. Lieberman co-founded the Uganda Spine Surgery Mission with Dr. Mark Kayanja, a Ugandan physician, to offer patients suffering from infectious, degenerative, traumatic and congenital spinal ailments advanced spine care.
3. Through the mission, Drs. Lieberman and Kayanja aim to educate local providers on best practices to serve these patients.
4. Other spine surgeons including Michael Hisey, MD, of the Texas Back Institute and Paul Holman, MD, neurosurgery director at Houston Methodist Spine Center, offer spine care through the emission.
