Spine Leaders

  Andrew Hecht, MD, is the chief of spine surgery and director of the spine center in the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics at Mount Sinai Hospital. He founded the Newton-Wellesley Spine Center in Boston and previously…

Donald R. Johnson II, MD, is the founder of Southeastern Spine Institute in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He is also a clinical instructor at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He formerly served as the medical director of the…

Frank L. Acosta, MD, is an associate professor of neurological surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and surgeon at the USC Spine Center in Los Angeles. He previously served as associate professor…

John C. Liu, MD, is co-director of the USC Spine Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. He is also a professor of neurosurgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He has previously served as…

  Neel Anand, MD, is a clinical professor of surgery and director of spine trauma at Cedars-Sinai Spine Center in Los Angeles. He is certified by the Royal College of Surgeons in England and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.…

  Patrick C. Hsieh, MD, is director of the minimally invasive spine program at the USC Spine Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles. He is assistant professor of neurological surgery at the Keck School of Medicine…

Purnendu Gupta, MD, is the director of the Chicago Spine Center at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago and is a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at University of Illinois at Chicago. He also practices at Shriners Hospitals for Children in…

  Jamie L. Baisden, MD, is a neurosurgeon providing care at the SpineCare Clinic at Froedtert Tosa Health Center in Wauwatosa, Wis. She is also an assistant professor in the department of neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin and…

Thomas Errico, MD, is chief of the division of spine surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center and Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York. He also directs the Spine and Scoliosis Center at NYU's Center for Musculoskeletal Care.…

Jens-Peter Witt, MD, is the director of the neuro-spine program in the department of neurosurgery at University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora. He also provides care at the University of Colorado Hospital Spine Center, also in Aurora. He…