Simon Chao, MD, is section chief of adult spine surgery in the division of orthopedic surgery at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Mass.

Melissa Erickson, MD, is a spine surgeon with Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.

David Christensen, MD, is president and owner of Intermountain Spine and Orthopaedics in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Curtis Mina, MD, is a fellowship-trained spine surgeon with Orthopedic Physicians Alaska in Wasilla.

Erik Bendiks, MD, is a spine surgeon with Atlanta-based Georgia Spine & Orthopaedics.

Ayodele Buraimoh, MD, is a spine surgeon with Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.

Chun-Po Yen, MD, is an associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.

Oren Blam, MD, is a spine surgeon with Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland, with offices in Columbia, Catonsville and Eldersburg, as part of Bethesda, Md.-based The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics.

Kaixuan Liu, MD, PhD, is an endoscopic spine surgeon and medical director of Atlantic Spine Center in West Orange, N.J.

Interventional spine specialist Kevin Pauza, MD, is a founding partner and principal of Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler, where he serves as director of the spine fellowship program. 

Robert Norton, MD, is a spine surgeon with Boca Raton-based Florida Spine Associates.

Gbolabo Sokunbi, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon with St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pa.

Anand Veeravagu, MD, is assistant professor of neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif.

John Berry-Candelario, MD, is director of spine and spine oncology at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and medical director of the hospital's spine center.

Corinna Zygourakis, MD, is assistant professor of neurosurgery at Stanford (Calif.) University Medical Center.

Jaime Nieto, MD, is chief of the section of neurologic surgery and spine surgery in the department of surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Queens in Jackson Heights and Flushing, N.Y., and clinical assistant professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

Richard Menger, MD, is chief of complex spine surgery and assistant professor of neurosurgery at University of South Alabama Health in Mobile.

Alexander Ropper, MD, is assistant professor and director of spinal neurosurgery at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston.

Jordan Amadio, MD, is a neurosurgeon with St. Louis-based Ascension Medical Group.

Christopher Cook, DO, is a spine surgeon who has been practicing at Graves Gilbert Clinic in Bowling Green, Ky., since 2018.