Jean-Jacques Abitbol, MD, and Todd Albert, MD, are two highly regarded spine surgeons that have made their mark on the spine field.

The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery honored several surgeons and researchers with best paper awards at the ISASS19 Annual Meeting.

Rasha Germain, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Santa Rosa, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health.

Dan M. Sciubba, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Anant Kumar, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Littleton-based Colorado Spine & Scoliosis.

Andrew H. Jea, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at Indianapolis-based Indiana University School of Medicine.

Benjamin Knox, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Johnson City, Tenn.-based Appalachian Orthopedics. 

James M. Eule, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Orthopedic Physicians Alaska in Anchorage.

Jacob Buchowski, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Anthony K. Frempong-Boadu, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at the New York City-based New York University Langone Spine Center.

Christopher J. DeWald, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

Robert L. Tatsumi, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Oregon Spine Care in Portland.

Ramin Bagheri, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at La Jolla, Calif.-based Scripps Health.

Osama Kashlan, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine.

Jason J. Chang, MD, is a neurosurgeon at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University Spine Center.

Rick Sasso, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Carmel-based Indiana Spine Group.

Frank M. Phillips, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago.

Steven R. Garfin, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at UC San Diego Health.

Sivakumar Jaikumar, MD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon at University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill.

Don Y. Park, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon at UC Los Angeles Spine Center in Santa Monica, Calif.