Faculty

2026 Faculty Board

Frank Phillips, MD

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR

Ronald DeWald, Endowed Professor of Spinal Deformities
Director, Division of Spine Surgery
Section Head, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Fellowship Co-Director, Spine Surgery
President, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS)
Past President, International Society for Advanced Spine Surgery (ISASS)
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

R. Todd Allen, MD, Ph.D

FACULTY

Professor, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery
Director, UC San Diego Spine Fellowship
UC San Diego Health System

Sravisht Iyer, MD

FACULTY

Spine Surgeon,
Hospital for Special Surgery

Daniel Park, MD, FAAOS, FAOA

FACULTY

Professor Dept of Orthopedics
Rush University Medical Center

Neil Badlani, MD, MBA

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR

Director of Spine Surgery
The Orthopedic Sports Clinic

Gurvinder Deol, MD

FACULTY

Medical Director
WakeMed Health and Hospitals
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Orthopaedics
UNC School of Medicine
Wake Orthopaedics

Jad Khalil, MD

FACULTY

Chief, Orthopaedic Clinical Care Programs - Beaumont Health Director, Spine Surgery Fellowship - William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak

Brian Handal, DO

ALUMNI BOARD

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Des Moines Orthopedic Surgeons

Stephen Ryu, MD

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR

Chair of Neurosurgery
Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Raymond Gardocki, MD, FAAOS

FACULTY

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
Minimally Invasive and
Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Safdar Khan, MD

FACULTY

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Adult and Pediatric Spine Surgery
Vice Chair for Surgical Innovation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgey,
UC Davis School of Medicine

James Rizkalla, MD

ALUMNI BOARD

Orthopedic Surgeon,
Baylor Scott & White Health