Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, is the co-director of the reconstructive spine service at Rothman Institute in Philadelphia. He is also the Everrett J. and Marion Gordon Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and vice chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery…
Spine Leaders
Ali Araghi, DO, is an orthopedic spine surgeon, practicing at Phoenix-based The CORE Institute. He is also an assistant clinical professor at Glendale, Ariz.-based Midwestern College of Osteopathic Medicine. He serves on the board of directors of the American Board…
Edward Benzel, MD, is the chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic as well as a professor of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He is also…
Vikas V. Patel, MD, is the chief of orthopedic spine surgery at Denver-based University of Colorado Hospital. He also serves as an associate professor in the department of orthopedic surgery and director of the spine fellowship. He is a member…
William R. Taylor, MD, is the director of spine surgery as well as vice chairman of the division of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Diego. He joined the faculty at UC San Diego in 1994. He is…
Eugene Carragee, MD, is vice chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif. He previously served as director of the orthopedic spine center at Stanford and head of the spinal surgery…
Barton L. Sachs, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon who serves as chief administrative office and chief of staff to the CEO at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is also a professor of orthopedics at MUSC, where…
Harvey E. Smith, MD, is an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. He has hospital privileges at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He is…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, is chief of orthopedic spine surgery as well as an associate professor of orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery at University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine. He also serves as director of quality and compliance at…
Jeffrey A. Goldstein, MD, is the director of the spine service at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York as well as a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at New York University School of Medicine. He is also director…
