authors

Contributing Authors

Adam Lipman, M.D.

Fellow, Rothman Institute/Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Ahmad Nassr, M.D.

Instructor in Orthopedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic

Alan S. Hilibrand, M.D.

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Institute/ Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Alexander R. Vaccaro, M.D.

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Co-Director of Reconstruction Spine Services, Co-Director of Spine Fellowship Program,  Rothman Institute / Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Andrew C. Hecht, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Co-director of Spine Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital – NYC

Andrew T. Dailey, M.D.

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Utah Health Science Center

Anjan P. Kaushik, M.D.

Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia Health System 

Chad J. Prusmack, M.D.

Neurosurgeon, Rocky Mountain Spine Clinic, P.C.

Chetan K. Patel, M.D.

Professor of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital

Christopher H. Bono, M.D.

Chief, Orthopedic Spine Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Courtney W. Brown, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado, Panorama Orthopedic and Spine Care

Daniel S. Cohen, M.D.

Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, South Florida Spine Institute

Dilip K. Sengupta, M.D., Ph.D

Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Dimitriy G. Kondrashov, M.D.

Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, California Pacific Medical Center

Edward R. Westrick, M.D.

Fellow, Division of Spinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 

Eli M. Baron, M.D.

Neurosurgeon, Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

Eric S. Varley, D.O.

Research Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego

Ezequiel H. Cassinelli, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic

Federico P. Girardi, M.D.

Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Francis H. Shen, M.D., FACS

Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia Health System

Howard S. An, M.D.

Director of Spine Surgery and Spine Fellowship Program, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush

Ira Zaltz, M.D.

Orthopaedic surgeon, Pediatric Orthopaedics, Oakland Orthopaedic Surgeons

Isador H. Lieberman, M.D.

Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Ivan Cheng, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center

James E. Lashley, M.D.

Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana Spine Group

James F. Zucherman, M.D.

Medical Director, St. Mary's Spine Center

James J. Yue, M.D.

Co-Director, Yale Spine Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

James Lawrence, M.D.

Orthopaedic and Neurological Spine Fellow, Rothman Institute/ Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Jason C. Eck, D.O., MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Massachusetts

Jason Gajdzis, P.A.-C

Physician Assistant, Rothman Institute/Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Jeffery L. Stambough, M.D.

Orthopaedic Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering , University of Cincinnati

Jeffrey B. Stambough, MS- Y2

Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Jeffrey C. Wang, M.D.

Chief of Spine Surgery, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Jeffrey J. Hebert DC, PhD(c), DACBSP

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Physical Therapy and Department of Exercise & Sport Science, University of Utah

Jeffrey Rihn, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Institute / Thomas Jefferson Hospital

Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, M.D.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital

Jens R. Chapman, M.D.

Professor, Director, Spine Service, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

John E. O'Toole, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center

Jonathan A. Hyde, M.D.

Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, South Florida Spine Institute

Joon Y. Lee, M.D.

Assistant Professor of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Joseph D. Smucker, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of Iowa

Joseph S. Kim, M.D.

Spine Surgeon, West End Orthopaedic Clinic

Joshua E. Heller, M.D.

Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine

Justin Bird, M.D.

Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital

Kamran Majid, M.D.

Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital

Keith H. Bridwell, M.D.

Chief of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Ken Y. Hsu, M.D.

Director of Orthopaedic Services, Spine Center, St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center

Kern Singh, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Spine, Back and Neck Surgeon, Midwest Orthopaedic

Kevin M. Bell, M.D.

Fellow, Division of Spinal Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 

Kevin W. Rolfe, M.D.

Orthopaedic Spine Suregon, Orthopaedic Spine Center - Palo Alto,

Lonnie E. Loutzenhiser, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Panorama Orthopaedics & Spine Center

Michael J. Lee, M.D.

Assistant Professor, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

Michael J. Vives, M.D.

Associate  Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, New Jersey Medical School in the Division of Spine Surgery

Milan Patel, M.D.

Physician, Rothman Institute/Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Munish C. Gupta, M.D.

Professor, Co-Director of Spine Center, UC Davis Health System

Nathan H. Lebwohl, M.D.

Chief, Spinal Deformity Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Miami, School of Medicine

Nathaniel A. Lowen, M.D.

Founder, Florida Spine Institute

Neel Anand, M.D.

Director, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

Nitin N. Bhatia, M.D.

Chief, Spine Service, University of California Irvine Spine Center

Paul A. Anderson, M.D.

Professor of Orthopaedics, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Peter O. Newton, M.D.

Specialty Care Physician, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Raj D. Rao, M.D.

Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin

Ravi Kumar Ponnappan , M.D.

Assistant Professor, Rothman Institute / Thomas Jefferson Hospital

Richard D. Guyer, M.D.

Co-Founder and Fellowship Director, Texas Back Institute

Rick C. Sasso, M.D.

President, Indiana Spine Group

Ronald L. Huston, PhD, PE

Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati

Ryan M. Ilgenfritz, M.D.

Resident, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa

Scott D. Daffner, M.D.

Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center

Scott H. Kitchel, M.D.

Founder, Orthopaedic Spine Associates

Steven S. Agabegi, M.D.

Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Todd J. Albert, M.D.

Appointed Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Todd Rubin, MS Y2

Medical Student, Rothman Institute/Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Tony P. Schnuerer, P.A

Physician Assistant, Tall Forest Consulting, LLC

Umesh Metkar, M.D.

Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin

Yuri Falkinstein, M.D.

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center