Spine Leaders

Daniel Wecht, MD, is chief of neurosurgery and clinical professor of neurological surgery at UPMC in Pittsburgh.

John Alksne, MD, is a neurosurgeon specializing in neurological oncology at San Diego-based Jacobs Medical Center and the UC San Diego Medical Center, both operated by UC San Diego Health.

Alexandre de Moura, MD, is a spine surgeon and founder of the New York Spine Institute in Westbury.

Chun-Po Yen, MD, is a neurosurgeon with University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.

Steven Kalkanis, MD, is chair of the department of neurosurgery at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit and medical director of the Henry Ford Cancer Institute.

Stepan Kasimian, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon with Haas Spine – Orthopaedics in Glendale, Calif.

Stephanie de Vere, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon who began practicing at Kansas City, Mo.-based Sano Orthopedics in August.

Frank Vrionis, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who serves as director of the Marcos Neuroscience Institute and chair of the department of neurosurgery at Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital.

Anthony Moreno, MD, is a spine surgeon specializing in scoliosis and kyphosis reconstruction and has been in private practice with Safety Harbor, Fla.-based Moreno Spine and Scoliosis since 1998.

Robert Louis, MD, is a neurosurgeon and program director of the skull base and pituitary tumor program at Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif.