Neel P. Shah, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports and Spine Center.

Deeptee Jain, MD, is a spine surgeon at St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Nandan Lad, MD, PhD, is a spine and neurosurgeon at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health.

Theodore Wagner, MD, is a spine surgeon at Seattle-based UW Medicine.

Ben Garrido, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Mooresville, N.C.-based Lake Norman Medical Group.

Tina Raman, MD, is a spine and orthopedic surgeon at New York City-based NYU Langone Health.

Larry Todd Jr., DO, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at New Albany, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro.

Russel Huang, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

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Ehsan Saadat, MD, is a spine surgeon at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Spine Center.

Robert Ryu, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Columbus, Ohio-based Orthopedic One.

Daryl Sybert, DO, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Westerville, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro, practicing at its New Albany and Pickerington locations.

Tim Burd, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Nebraska Spine and Pain Center in Omaha.

Anuj Singla, MD, is a spine surgeon and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health.

Robert Molinari, MD, is a neurosurgeon and spine surgeon at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center.

Timothy Schoettle, MD, is a neurosurgeon and spine specialist at Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital.

Jeffery Reuben, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Beaufort, S.C.-based Spine Institute of the Carolinas.

Scott Rushton, MD, is a spine and orthopedic surgeon at Pa.-based Lankenau Medical Center, part of Main Line Health.

James Harrop, MD, is a spine surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Ehud Mendel, MD, is a spine surgeon and clinical director of Columbus-based Ohio State University Spine Research Institute.