Spine Leaders

  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,…

Paul Marcotte, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Penn Neurosurgery, and he serves as an associate professor of neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is a member of American College of Surgeons,…

Duane D.H. Pitt, MD, serves as president Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Desert Institute for Spine Disorders. Since 2006, he has also served as spine service medical director for Scottsdale Healthcare. He currently consults on sports-related spine injuries for the Phoenix Suns, San…

Thomas Mroz, MD, is director of the spine surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic as well as a practicing spine surgeon in the departments of orthopedic surgery and neurological surgery and the Center for Spine Health at Cleveland Clinic. He is…