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Faculty

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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

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R. Todd Allen, MD, Ph.D

FACULTY

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

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Raymond Gardocki, MD, FAAOS

FACULTY

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

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Gregory Lopez, MD

FACULTY

Assistant Professor of Spine Surgery Midwest Orthopaedics
Rush University Medical Center

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Katherine Wagner, MD

ALUMNI BOARD

Orthopedic Neurosurgeon
Ventura Neurosurgery

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Neil Badlani, MD, MBA

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR

Director of Spine Surgery
The Orthopedic Sports Clinic

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Gurvinder Deol, MD

FACULTY

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

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Jad Khalil, MD

FACULTY

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

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Elizabeth Lord, MD

FACULTY

Orthopaedic Surgeon
UCLA Health

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Stephen Ryu, MD

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR

Chair of Neurosurgery
Palo Alto Medical Foundation

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Andrew Fanous, MD, FAANS, FCNS

FACULTY

Section Chief of Neurological Surgery |
Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery & General Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosciences | INOVA Medical Group Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery | University of Virginia

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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

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James Rizkalla, MD

ALUMNI BOARD

Orthopedic Surgeon,
Baylor Scott & White Health

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