Spine Leaders

Robert J. Banco, MD, is a spine surgeon with The Boston Spine Group and an associate clinical professor in the orthopedic surgery department at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He spent 10 years as spine section chief at…

Paul Slosar, MD, is a spine surgeon and president of SpineCare Medical Group at the San Francisco Spine Institute.

James D. Schwender, MD, is a staff surgeon at Twin Cities Spine Center in Minneapolis. During his career, Dr. Schwender has served as president for the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and is a fellow of the Scoliosis Research…

Choll Kim, MD, is a spine surgeon at the San Diego Spine Institute and an expert in computer-assisted minimally invasive spine surgery. He has trained specialists nationwide to use image guidance and navigation technologies.

Patrick F. O'Leary, MD, is the former chief of the spine surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He currently serves as an associate attending spine surgeon at HSS and an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at…

Todd Albert, MD, is the president of Rothman Institute and chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He also serves as co-director of reconstructive spine surgery and the spine fellowship program at Thomas…

Dennis Crandall, MD, is founder and medical director of Sonoran Spine Center in Phoenix.

Robert Eastlack, MD, is a spine surgeon in San Diego with the Scripps Clinic division of orthopedic surgery. Dr. Eastlack specializes in treating cervical spine disorders, fractures, osteoporosis, scoliosis and herniated discs. He has a research interest in cervical spine…

Richard Fessler, MD, PhD, is a professor of neurosurgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a neurosurgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He previously served as chief of neurological surgery at the University of Chicago and has been…

Lawrence G. Lenke, MD, is a professor of neurological surgery and chief of spine surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, a position he recently filled in February. He succeeded Keith H. Bridwell, MD, who held the…