70+ spine surgeon moves in 2022

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Here are more than 70 spine surgeons and neurosurgeons who have moved to new practices or updated their titles in 2022:

Note: This isn't an exhaustive list.

1. Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone and Joint Institute added spine surgeon Christopher Bergin, MD.

2. Livingston, N.J.-based Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center appointed Joseph Koziol, MD, chair of neurosurgery.

3. Shekar Kurpad, MD, PhD, has been named the founding director of a newly created neuroscience institute in Milwaukee.

4. Terrence Piper, MD, has joined Signature Orthopedics and is practicing at its new location in St. Peters, Mo.

5. Craig Wilson, MD, joined OSF HealthCare's St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Ill.

6. Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro, Texas, added neurosurgeon David Masel, MD.

7. Ian Madom, MD, a spine surgeon at Warwick-based Ortho Rhode Island became CEO at healthcare startup Mocingbird.

8. J. Alex Sielatycki, MD, is slated to jonined Steamboat Orthopaedic & Spine Institute in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

9. Neurosurgeon Steven Vanni, DO, was named chief of medical staff at HCA Florida University Hospital in Davie. 

10. Vijay Yanamadala, MD, was named chief medical officer of Sword Health, a virtual musculoskeletal care platform.

11. Alexander Ghanayem, MD, was named chief medical officer of Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medical Group.

12. Marc Moisi, MD, was named director of neurosurgery at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich.

13. Michael Gallizzi, MD, began working at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo. on March 14.

14. Nonprofit organization Mitre, appointed Stephen Ondra, MD, chief medical adviser of the CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare federally funded research and development center.

15. Gerald Zupruk, MD, joined Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital’s Foothills Medical Group.

16. Kenneth Renkens, MD, a retired neurosurgeon and co-founder of Carmel-based Indiana Spine Group is the new chief medical officer of devicemaker Medcura.

17. Kevin Foley, MD, was named chief robotics officer of Accelus.

18. Troy Gust, MD, and Bryan Wellman, MD, joined Rapid City, S.D.-based The Spine Center at Black Hills Orthopedics.

19. Nick Jain, MD, joined Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center as a physician partner.

20. Michael Kelly, MD, joined Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego as director of scoliosis and spinal deformities.

21. Steven Falowski, MD, was named as a strategic adviser to SynerFuse.

22. Hoon Choi, MD, PhD, joined Cleveland Clinic Weston (Fla.) Hospital.

23. Neill Wright, MD, joined Neurosurgery of St. Louis.

24. Ronald Warnick, MD, was named program director of radiosurgery and neuro-oncology at Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain and Spine.

25. Pierce Nunley, MD, was named to 3Spine's medical advisory board.

26. Medtronic hired Ashwini Sharan, MD, as chief medical officer of the company's neuromodulation operating unit.

27. Aymen Rashid, MD, joined Mohawk Valley Health System Orthopedic Group in Utica, N.Y.

28. Zachary Plummer, MD, joined Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine.

29. David Rodriguez, MD, joined Academy Orthopedics' office in Wayne, N.J.

30. Matthew Moore, MD, joined Marcus Neuroscience Institute — which is part of Baptist Health — in Boca Raton, Fla.

31. Qasim Zaidi, MD, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in cervical and lumbar procedures, joined St. Louis-based Signature Orthopedics.

32. Timothy Wirt, MD, and Donn Turner, MD, have signed contracts with Phoenix-based Banner Health to move their practices to Banner Health Center.

33. Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, became a professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

34. Brandon Kujawski, MD, joined Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute in Allentown, Pa.

35. Ryan Lingo, MD, joined Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia, Ga.

36. Adam Kanter, MD, joined Hoag Specialty Clinic in Newport Beach, Calif., as chief of neurosurgery and associate medical director of the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute.

37. Evan Lytle, DO, joined Spectrum Health Lakeland Neurosurgery in St. Joseph, Mich.

38. Marilyn Gates, MD, joined Spectrum Health Medical Group in Grand Rapids, Mich.

39. Arash Sayari, MD, joined Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.

40. Pediatric neurosurgeon Kaveh Asadi, MD and neurosurgeon Scott Raffa, MD, joined West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute.

41. Michael Chioffe, MD, joined Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone and Joint Institute.

42. Robert Crowell, MD, has joined Morrow County Hospital in Mount Gilead, Ohio.

43. James Wang, MD, was named chief medical officer of Chengdu Wanda UPMC Hospital in China.

44. David O'Brien, MD, was named head of Atrium Health Wake Forest (N.C.) Baptist's new pine and orthopedic center.

45. Serena Hu, MD, was named the first female president of the Scoliosis Research Society.

46. Timothy Spencer, DO, joined Hillsdale (Mich.) Hospital.

47. Minneapolis-based Allina Health has appointed Sanjay Pratap Singh, MD, as the new president of the Neuroscience Spine and Pain Institute.

48. Kris Radcliff, MD, left Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute to start Spinal Disc Center, which has four locations in New Jersey.

49. Amin Kassam, MD, was tapped to lead the NorthShore Neurological Institute at Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights, Ill.

50. John Keller, MD, and Sigurd Berven, MD, joined Aclarion as surgeon advisers.

51. Jordan Walters, MD, joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as an assistant professor.

52. East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics added Vamsy Bobba, MD, to its Center for Spine Health.

53. Kelsey Walsh, MD, a neurosurgeon at NewSouth NeuroSpine in Flowood, Mississippi, was named an equity partner of the practice.

54. Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine added neurosurgery specialist Robert James, MD.

55. Alexander Butler, MD, joined New York City-based Lenox Hill Orthopaedic Institute.

56. Jaswinder Grover, MD, joined the medical advisory board for Harvard MedTech.

57. Barry Kaplan, MD, joined FryeCare Orthopedics & Neurosurgery in Hickory, N.C.

58. Sonny Gill, MD, joined The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo.

59. Benjamin Valley, MD, joined OrthoCincy Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Edgewood, Ky.

60. B. Andrew Castro, MD, joined BOSS Orthopaedics in Beaufort, S.C.

61. Neurosurgeon Jason Liounakos, MD, joined Miami Neuroscience Institute in South Miami, Fla. as director of outpatient spine surgery.

62. Wesley Jones, MD, joined Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Associates-Katy (Texas) Neurosurgery.

63. Dean Chou, MD, was named chief of the spine division at NewYork-Presbyterian's neurosurgery department.

64. Dominic Maggio, MD, joined Legacy Spine & Neurological Specialists in Little Rock, Ark.

65. Gary Correnti, MD; Wesley Faunce III, MD; Donald Moyer, MD, and Douglas Savage, MD, joined Lee Health.

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