Spine Leaders

David Christensen, MD, is president and owner of Intermountain Spine and Orthopaedics in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Curtis Mina, MD, is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon with Orthopedic Physicians Alaska in Wasilla.

Erik Bendiks, MD, is a spine surgeon with Atlanta-based Georgia Spine & Orthopaedics.

Ayodele Buraimoh, MD, is a spine surgeon with Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.

Chun-Po Yen, MD, is an associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.

Oren Blam, MD, is a spine surgeon with Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland, with offices in Columbia, Catonsville and Eldersburg, as part of Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.

Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD, is an endoscopic spine surgeon and medical director of Atlantic Spine Center in West Orange, N.J.

Interventional spine specialist Kevin Pauza, MD, is a founding partner and principal of Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler, where he serves as director of the spine fellowship program. 

Robert Norton, MD, is a spine surgeon with Boca Raton-based Florida Spine Associates.

Gbolabo Sokunbi, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon with St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa.