Spine Leaders

  Neil Badlani, MD, MBA, is an orthopedic spine surgeon providing care at The Orthopedic Sports Clinic in Houston. He is an avid researcher, and his work has been recognized nationally by the American Academy of Sports Medicine and Western…

Choll Kim, MD, PhD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at the Spine Institute of San Diego, the spine center of Alvarado Hospital, as well as an associate clinical professor at University of California, San Diego. He is a founder and…

Bradford Currier, MD, is a professor of orthopedics and spine specialist providing care at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. He has served as president of the Lumbar Spine Research Society.

  Kenneth Pettine, MD, co-founded The Spine Institute in Johnstown, Colo., in 2004. He also co-founded Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine in 1991 and The Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery in 2011. He is a member of the American…

Amir A. Mehbod, MD, is a staff surgeon at Twin Cities Spine Center in Minneapolis as well as medical director, spine at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and chair of Abbott Northwestern's Neuroscience Institute. He is a member of the…

James Bennett, MD, is the section chief of pediatric orthopedics at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He also serves as a professor of orthopedics and clinical professor of pediatrics at the school of medicine. He is a…

John Bendo, MD, is the director of the spine service, clinical affairs at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. He is also an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the NYU School of Medicine. He is a member of the American…

James Weinstein, DO, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and president and CEO of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System, which includes an academic medical center and a network of clinics across Vermont and New Hampshire. Prior to being named CEO, Dr.…

Hansen Yuan, MD, is a spine surgeon and professor emeritus of the department of orthopedic surgery at the State University of New York Upstate Medical Center. He is also a past president of the International Society for the Advancement of…

  Robert Banco, MD, is a spine care provider at Boston Spine Group and an associate clinical professor in the orthopedic surgery department at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He also provides care at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton,…