Spine Leaders

James Guest, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurological surgery associate professor at Miller School of Medicine in Miami. He also serves on the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis in Miami.

Emily Nguyen, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon with the Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin.

Robert Squillante, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Fredericksburg (Va.) Orthopaedics.

The head of Orthopaedic Specialist's Spine Center in Davenport, Iowa, Michael Dolphin, DO, performs outpatient spine surgery. He is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Anthony Virella, MD, FACS, founded Virella Neurosurgery in Westlake Village, Calif. He is a diplomate for the American Board of Neurological Surgery and a fellow for the American College of Surgeons.

Orthopedic spine surgeon T. Scott Ellison, MD, works for Tidelands Waccamaw Orthopaedics and Spine in Murrells Inlet, S.C. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Kerry L. Bernardo, MD, is a clinical spine specialist at Southern Bone and Joint Specialists in Hattiesburg, Miss. Previously, Dr. Bernardo was an assistant professor of neurological surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Board-certified neurosurgeon Charles P. Toussaint, MD, works for the Lexington Brain and Spine Institute in West Columbia, S.C.

Timothy Fullagar, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and a member of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. The Spine Health Foundation gave him the 2015 Hope Award.

Chris Shaffrey, MD, is board certified in neurological surgery and orthopedic surgery.