Our Faculty
Faculty

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

Raymond Gardocki, MD, FAAOS
FACULTY
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
Minimally Invasive and
Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Gregory Lopez, MD
FACULTY
Assistant Professor of Spine Surgery Midwest Orthopaedics
Rush University Medical Center

Katherine Wagner, MD
ALUMNI BOARD
Orthopedic Neurosurgeon
Ventura Neurosurgery

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
WakeMed Orthopaedics

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

Elizabeth Lord, MD
FACULTY
Orthopaedic Surgeon
UCLA Health

Stephen Ryu, MD
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Chair of Neurosurgery
Palo Alto Medical Foundation

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

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