Here are 11 spine surgeons to know:
Leonard K. Kibuule, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Spine Team Texas in Allen. Dr. Kibuule specializes in spinal injuries and disorders, and has researched low back pain in adolescents, lumbar spinal stenosis, cervical disc arthroplasty and surgical approaches to the thoracic spine. Click here to learn more.
K. Rad Payman, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon providing care at Advanced Spine Institute's Bakersfield and Lancaster, Calif., locations. Specializing in reconstructive cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgery, Dr. Payman performs minimally invasive and micro surgical spine procedures. Click here to learn more.
Benjamin C. Warf, MD, is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. Performing minimally invasive surgery, neonatal neurosurgery and endoscopy, Dr. Warf specializes in antenatal evaluations, arachnoid cysts, congenital malformations, chiara malformations, spine bifida and tethered spinal cord. Click here to learn more.
Laura Snyder, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Barrow Neurosurgical Associates in Phoenix. Dr. Snyder performs minimally invasive procedures, treating degenerative disease, disc herniation, spinal stenosis, spinal instability and spinal tumors. She also holds an interest in treating athletes. Click here to learn more.
Kevin S. Cahill, MD, PhD, is a spine surgeon at Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates in North Carolina. Specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery and spinal fusion, Dr. Cahill performs minimally invasive and complex spine deformity surgery, revision spine surgery and spine tumor surgery. Click here to learn more.
John Demakas, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon with Rockwood Neuroscience Institute in Spokane, Wash. Dr. Demakas specializes in motion preservation spine, gamma knife radiosurgery and brain tumors. Click here to learn more.
Langston Holly, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon affiliated with the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. A member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Dr. Holly also belongs to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine & Peripheral Nerve Surgery and the National Medical Association. Click here to learn more.
Khalid Kurtom, MD, serves at Chesapeake Neurological Surgery in Easton, Md. Specializing in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain, spinal cord and pituitary tumors, Dr. Kurtom also treats cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine issues, peripheral nerve disease, hydrocephalus and head injuries. Click here to learn more.
Domagoj Coric, MD, is a neurosurgeon with Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates in Charlotte. He specializes in artificial disc replacement, spinal trauma, spinal tumors, degenerative diseases of the spine, disc disease, spinal cord injuries and endoscopic disc surgery. Click here to learn more.
John J. Vaughan, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. The President of the Kentucky Orthopaedic Society, Dr. Vaughan is also an assistant clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. He holds scoliosis clinics for the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs. Click here to learn more.
David M. Matusz, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon. He sees pediatric and adult patients in New York City and Scarsdale, N.Y. Performing minimally invasive spine surgery, Dr. Matusz specializes in degenerative spine conditions, scoliosis, kyphosis, spinal tumors, disc herniation and disc replacement. Click here to learn more.
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