Spine Leaders

Fred Sweet, MD, is a spine surgeon and co-founder of the Rockford Spine Center (Ill.).

Daniel A. Troy, MD, is a spine surgeon at Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Care in Oak Lawn, Ill.

Robert M. Roach, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Metropolitan Neurosurgery in Coon Rapids, Minn. He specializes in spinal and cranial trauma, brain tumors, spinal degenerative conditions, lumbar and cervical disc surgery, peripheral nerve surgery and vascular neurosurgery involving treatment of…

Saeed A. Bajwa, MD, is a neurosurgeon at the Southern New York Neurosurgical Group. He is affiliated with Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Vestal, N.Y.

John Peloza, MD, is a spine surgeon at Texas Back Institute in Plano and has a special interest in minimally invasive, endoscopic spine surgery. He is passionate about new techniques, including disc replacement and nanotechnology for spine care.

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Michael Dolphin, DO, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in Davenport, Iowa. He serves as the head of Orthopaedic Specialists' spine center. Dr. Dolphin also helped establish the spine program at Bettendorf, Iowa-based Unity Point Hospital.

Timothy Witham, MD, serves as the director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Spinal Fusion Laboratory and an associate professor of neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery. He is also the director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center's Spine Program and the…

Peter Angevine, MD, serves as an assistant professor of neurological surgery at Columbia University in New York. He serves patients at The Spine Hospital at the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University Medical Center.

Neil C. Romero, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon treating patients in Lafayette, La.