Spine Leaders

Laurence E. Mermelstein, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon practicing at Long Island Spine Specialists in Commack, N.Y. He has hospital privileges Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital, St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, N.Y., and Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center…

Richard Marc Spiro, MD, is co-director of the Butler-based Pennsylvania Brain and Spine Institute, before which he served as the director of adult spine services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. At UPMC, he also served as a clinical…

Mark J. Spoonamore, MD, is the medical director of the USC Center for Spinal Surgery at University Hospital in Los Angeles. He also serves as chief of the spine surgery service at Los Angeles County Hospital and an assistant professor…

Mark Flood, DO, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and chief of surgical innovation at Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, American Osteopathic Association and Arizona Orthopedic Society. He joined Laser Spine…

Allen Kent Sills Jr., MD, is an associate professor in the department of neurological surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn., and director of the neurosurgery community practice. He also serves as the consulting team neurosurgeon for the…

Thomas T. Haider, MD, is the founder of Haider Spine Center and chief of the spine division at Riverside (Calif.) County Regional Medical Center. He is also on the clinical faculty at the University of California, Riverside. He is the…

Michael F. Duffy, MD, is a staff orthopedic spine surgeon with Texas Back Institute in Plano. He also provides care at Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, North American Spine…

Bennett D. Grimm, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon who recently joined Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics. He holds a minimally invasive spine surgery preceptorship from the Southeastern Spine Institute in Charleston, S.C., and is a member of North American Spine Society,…

Hal Silcox, III, MD, is a spine surgeon and partner at Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, Duluth, Ga. He previously served as chief of spine surgery at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the resident/spine surgery fellowship education coordinator at Emory…

Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Show Low, Ariz., announced the addition of Terrence Crowder, MD, to its medical staff.