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Daniel Penello, MD, successfully implanted a custom 3D-printed finger bone in an iron worker, Robert Smith, who was facing amputation after a heavy steel beam crushed his finger.

Kristopher Kimmell, MD, is a neurosurgeon in Rochester, N.Y., with a practice focused on minimally invasive spine surgery, traumatic brain injury, brain tumors and other spinal procedures.

Thomas Loftus, MD, founder of the Austin (Texas) Neurosurgical Institute, has spent his career focused on complex minimally invasive spine surgery.

Fabien Bitan, MD, a spine surgery chief at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, successfully performed an M6 artificial cervical disc replacement surgery on a 29-year-old woman.

Ashutosh Pradhan, MD, is the chief of neurosurgery at Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside, a 528-bed hospital based in Jacksonville, Fla.

Kevin Foley, MD, is the chairman of Semmes Murphey Clinic and director of complex spine surgery at Semmes Murphey in Memphis, Tenn.

Dale Horne, MD, a Cincinnati-based neurosurgeon, began using spinal robotic technology in 2007 and hasn't looked back.

Gregory Lekovic, MD, is the medical director of the spine surgery program at California Hospital and Medical Center as well as a surgeon with House Clinic in Los Angeles.

Mark Bilsky, MD, is the William E. Snee Endowed Chair and vice chairman of clinical affairs for neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Jason Huang, MD, is chair of the department of neurosurgery at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, Texas.