Paducah, Ky.-based Thomas Gruber, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon affiliated with Baptist Health Medical Group in Jacksonville, Fla.

John Wilson, MD, is vice chair of the department of neurosurgery and executive director of the neuroscience service line at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Jeffrey Wang, MD, co-director of the USC Spine Center at Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, is approaching the end of his time as president of the North American Spine Society.

James Chappuis, MD, has been in private practice for over 28 years as the owner and senior orthopedic spine surgeon of Spine Center Atlanta. 

Fellowship-trained spine surgeon Benjamin Burkett, MD, recently joined Newark, Ohio-based Orthopedic Specialists & Sports Medicine.

Following in the footsteps of fellow Argentinian orthopedic surgeon Jorge Galante, MD, Jorge Chahla, MD, PhD, hopes to leave a similar mark on his new practice at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago.

Mark Liker, MD, is an assistant clinical professor of neurological surgery at Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine at USC and founder and CEO of the California Neurological Institute. 

Gerald Rodts, MD, is a professor of orthopedics and neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and chief of the division of spine surgery at the university.

Jeffrey Wang, MD, is co-director of the USC Spine Center at Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles and president of the North American Spine Society.

Richard Chua, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon and fellow of the American College of Surgeons at Northwest NeuroSpecialists in Tucson, Ariz.

Dalip Pelinkovic, MD, is a board certified orthopedic surgeon subspecializing in spine surgery with Suburban Orthopaedics in Chicago. 

Camden Burns, MD, is a spine surgeon at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis and an assistant professor in the department of orthopedic surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. 

Jaime Nieto, MD, is chief of the section of neurological surgery and spine surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens.

Two fellowship-trained spine surgeons — Leo Spector, MD, and Alden Milam, MD — of Charlotte-based Ortho Carolina Spine Center provided their insight into future spine care trends.

Christopher Kager, MD, a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with over 18 years in practice in Lancaster, Pa., has engaged in many medical and non-medical investment opportunities over the past decade. Six months ago, he seized an opportunity and joined angel venture capital firm, Global Health Impact Fund, as CMO and as a principal in the fund.

Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, a large orthopedic practice in Cincinnati, took on a private equity investor in July to spur future growth.

Khoi Than, MD, is fellowship-trained neurosurgeon joining Duke Spine Center in Durham, N.C. 

Kee Kim, MD, is chief of spinal neurosurgery at Sacramento-based UC Davis School of Medicine and co-director of the UC Davis Spine Center.

James Harrop, MD, is chief of the division of spine and peripheral nerve surgery at Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia as well as the neurosurgery director of the Delaware Valley SCI Center in Philadelphia and neurosurgery director for adult reconstructive spine.

Robert Gewirtz, MD, is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with Mount Carmel Central Ohio Neurological Surgeons in Westerville.