Spine Leaders

S. Samuel Bederman, MD, PhD, is a spine surgeon at Texas Back Institute in Plano. He has a special interest in deformity reconstruction, complex revision surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. He treats both adult and adolescent patients.

Christopher Kepler, MD, MBA, is a board-certified spine surgeon at Rothman Institute in Philadelphia. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Kepler is published in several peer-reviewed journals and regularly presents at national and international orthopedic meetings.

Richard K. Osenbach, MD, treats patients at PinnacleHealth Neurosurgery and Neuroscience Institute in Mechanicsburg, Pa. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is board certified in pain medicine.

Specializing in reconstructive spinal surgery, J. Rush Fisher, MD, serves patients in Newark, Del. He performs cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgeries, treating degenerative, traumatic and oncologic spinal conditions.

Ying H. Chen, DO, is a board-certified neurosurgeon with OrthoNeuro in Ohio. He is affiliated with Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital, New Albany Surgical Hospital, Dublin Methodists Hospital and Grant Medical Center.

Board-certified neurosurgeon Marius Maxwell, MD, PhD, serves as a fellow of American College of Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has published various works on spine and neurological conditions.

Board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon Paul Suh, MD, serves as a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.

Board-certified orthopedic surgeon Mark Palumbo, MD, serves as chief of spine surgery and an associate professor of orthopedics at Brown Alpert Medical School in Providence, R.I.

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Thomas Staner, MD, is board certified in neurosurgery and neurology. He founded Greystone Neuroscience Center in Birmingham.