Spine Leaders

Kevin Rahn, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon from Fort Wayne Orthopaedic Spine Center in Indiana.

Christopher Ames, MD, is the director of spinal tumor and spinal deformity surgery at the UC San Francisco Medical Center. He is also co-director of the neurospinal disorders program and the UCSF Spine Center.

David Hanscom, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle and is a member of Swedish Neuroscience Specialists with eight other surgical partners. He is the founder of the "DOCC" project which stands for "Defined, Organized, Comprehensive,…

John Handal, MD, is the chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery and director of spine surgery at Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia.

Andrew Cordover, MD, is a spine surgeon at of Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala. He is also a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and North American Spine Society. He has been on advisory…

Gowriharan Thaiyananthan, MD, is board-certified neurosurgeon and the founder and medical director of the Brain and Spine Institute of California at Chapman Medical Center. He is also founder and chief neurosurgeon of BASIC Spine.

Henry Aryan, MD, is a spine surgeon and neurosurgical spine specialist at the Sierra Pacific Orthopedics' Spine Center. He is also an associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a founding member of the…

Paul Anderson, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at University of Wisconsin-Madison Health – Research Park Clinic and is a part of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is a part of the…

Wayne Cheng, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a subspecialty in spine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and practices at Loma Linda University Orthopaedic Group in San Bernadino, Calif.

William Abdu, MD, is the medical director of the Spine Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He is also a member of the DHMC Board of Governors. He is an associate professor of orthopedics and of The Dartmouth…