Ara Deukmedjian, MD, is the CEO and medical director of Deuk Spine Institute in Melbourne, Fla. He is a neuro-spine surgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Central Florida's College of Medicine in Orlando. He is…
Spine Leaders
Kenneth Pettine, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center. He is co-founder of Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine and the co-inventor and co-designer of the Maverick Artificial Disc, a patented disc replacement device for the…
Frank Phillips, MD, co-founded the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Minimally Invasive Spine Institute in Chicago, where he works with spine surgeons to treat a variety of spinal conditions. He specializes in the spine and has an interest in cervical and…
Richard N.W. Wohns, MD, is the founder, president and neurosurgeon at South Sound Surgery in Puyallup, Wash. He is also the founder of NeoSpine in Nashville. Tenn., a company that develops outpatient spine surgery centers which has been acquired by…
Stephen H. Hochschuler, M.D, is the co-founder of Texas Back Institute in Plano and is a past president of Spine Arthroplasty Society, now known as the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. He is the managing director of…
J. Rafe Sales, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and the founder of Summit Spine Institute in Portland, Ore.
Michael Price, MD, is a general orthopedic surgeon who performs outpatient sacroiliac joint fusions. He practices at the Spine and Orthopedic Center in Santa Barbara, Calif.
John F. Hall, MD, is a spine surgeon at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Bone and Joint. He joined in 2007 and started the Spine Care Program. He is a member of the North American Spine Society and has served as a squadron…
Khawar Siddique, MD, is a neurosurgeon who treats spine disorders, including cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine conditions. He is an attending surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and a partner with Beverly Hills Spine Surgery.
Stefan Prada, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla. He was a physician in the U.S. Navy and received the Joint Meritorious Unit Award from the Department of Defense.
