Spine Leaders

A spine surgeon who performed a unique approach to a spinal fusion and nine more surgeons to know:

Emily Putney, DO, specializes in a variety of spine conditions from cervical and lumbar stenosis to scoliosis and disc herniation at Coastal Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Brian Subach, MD, a spinal neurosurgeon at National Spine & Pain Centers in Rockville, Md., said he likes seeing his patients' faces after realizing their pain is gone.

DiFusion Technologies, Inc. today announced landmark data for the company’s ZFUZE Surgical Polymer and how it compares to traditional biomaterials like Titanium and Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone (PEEK). 

Matthew Philips, MD, is a spine surgeon and chief of brain and spine services at New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health.

A surgeon named to the Mississippi State Board of Health and nine more spine surgeons to know:

Bradley Heiges, MD, a spine surgeon at Savannah, Ga.-based Optim Orthopedics, became interested in medicine when he was a patient in college.

Regis Haid Jr., MD, is a spine surgeon at Atlanta Brain and Spine Care and the new president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Michael Groff, MD, is a spinal neurosurgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

A surgeon who used a novel technique on a spine patient last month and nine more spine surgeons to know: