Tapan K. Daftari, MD, is a spine surgeon at Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta with a special interest in reconstructive spine surgery and cervical and lumbar artificial disc replacement. He also performs minimally invasive procedures for patients. He practices at the…
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