Study Group: Surgeons who Perform Spinal Fusions(?)

Samir Mehta, MD, is an Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylavnia. Previously, he was an Instructor at Harborview Medical Center, and Orthopaedic Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Division of Orthopaedic Trauma at the University of Pennsylvania...

Alexander Bailey, MD, is a board certified Associate Spine Surgeon at the Heartland Hand & Spine Orthopedic Center, Kansas. Dr. Bailey practices at three area hospitals including a privately owned specialty hospital. He specializes in all forms of adult spinal interventions of the cervical, thoracic,...

Jeffrey Goldstein, MD, is Director of the Spine Service and Associate Director of the Spine Fellowship at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. Goldstein is also Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU School of Medicine. His surgical interests include all aspects of spine surgery, including...

Wayel Kaakaji, MD, is the Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director at the Spinal and Neurosurgical Institute. He has expertise in the management of brain and spine tumors and movement disorder surgery such as deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. Dr. Kaakaji has interest in surgical pain...

Russel Huang, MD, is an Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery, and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Huang’s clinical interests are minimally invasive surgical techniques, lumbar stenosis...

Renato Bosita, MD, MBA, is a spine surgeon at Texas Back Institute. His areas of expertise include operative and non-operative treatment of spine problems, including sciatica, herniated disks, internal disk derangement, and spinal stenosis. He is well versed in multiple surgical techniques, including...

Hyun Bae, MD, is a Spinal Surgeon and Research Director at the Spine Institute at Saint John's Health Center, California. He has expertise in spine surgery, including disc replacement, kyphoplasty, dynesis, minimally invasive surgery, and spinal fusion. Dr. Bae is an investigator in the clinical FDA...

Alexander Vaccaro, MD,PhD is a Professor and Attending Surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Vaccaro has done extensive research on a broad range of topics related to disorders of the spine and has over 500 publications in both...