Spine Leaders

Joseph Ciacci, MD, is a professor of clinical neurosurgery and serves as the neurosurgery residency program director at University of California San Diego Health System. He also serves as chief of neurosurgery at VA San Diego Healthcare System. In addition,…

Nicholas Boulis, MD, is an associate professor in the department of neurosurgery at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta. He is also a scientist and founder of the Boulis Laboratory, which focuses on developing advanced biological treatments for neurological disorders, including amyotrophic…

Stanley Jones, MD, is director of spine care services at Memorial Hermann Hospital, Southwest in Houston. He also provides care at Houston Orthopedic & Spine Hospital and SpineCare in Houston and is an associate clinical professor at the University of…

Eric J. Woodward, MD, is chief of neurosurgery at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, and serves as the director of the neurosurgery spine fellowship. Prior to this, he was chief of the division of spinal surgery in neurosurgery at…

Peter Ullrich, MD, is the co-founder and CEO of Titan Spine, and a former surgeon who previously practiced with NeuroSpine Center of Wisconsin in Appleton. He is also the co-founder of Spine-Health.com, one of the most comprehensive online spine educational…

Jonathan Slotkin, MD, is director of spinal surgery and spinal cord injury research at Geisinger Neurosciences Institute in Danville, Pa. He is on the scientific advisory board for InVivo Therapeutics, a medical device company focused on spinal cord injury solutions.

James L. Chappuis, MD, is founder, owner and CEO of Atlanta-based Orthopaedic & Spine Surgery of Atlanta, also known as SpineCenterAtlanta. He also opened SpineCenterSavannah in Savannah, Ga. He also serves as a clinical instructor with Georgia Regents University in…

Paul Slosar, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, serves as president of San Francisco-based SpineCare Medical Group as well as the medical director of the Spine Care Institute of San Francisco, co-director of the San Francisco Spine Institute and director of…

Karl D. Schultz Jr., MD, is a neurosurgeon at Gainesville, Ga.-based The Longstreet Clinic and the chief medical advisor to Amendia and BOD Liaison. He began his private practice, Specialty Clinics of Georgia, in 2003 in Gainesville. He joined The…

Ashish K. Sahai, MD, is a founding partner of Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based Spine & Orthopedic Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons and American Medical Association. His hospital affiliations include Boca…