The list features NASS members who are leaders in the field. In the application, physicians describe their careers, influencers and their care for patients and communities. This year, due to a tie in application scoring, 21 physicians made the list.
The 21 physicians are:
• Jared Ament, MD, neurosurgeon
• Brett Braly, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• David Bumpass, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Berdale Colorado, DO, physiatrist
• Chad Craig, MD, internist
• Areena Roucelle D’Souza, MBBS, orthopedic surgeon
• Sandeep Nand Gidvani, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Christina L. Goldstein, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Clifford Michael Houseman, DO, neurosurgeon
• Samuel A. Joseph, Jr., MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Gregory B. Gullung, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Ram Haddas, PhD, researcher
• John Koerner, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Tobias A. Mattei, MD, neurosurgeon
• Emmanuel Menga, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Chukwuka Okafor, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Kris Radcliff, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Byron J. Schneider, MD, physiatrist
• Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• LCDR Scott Wagner, MD, orthopedic surgeon
• Elizabeth Yu, MD, orthopedic surgeon
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