Becker's Spine Review

Sign up for Becker's Orthopedic, Spine Business & Pain Management E-Weeklies at www.BeckersOrthopedicandSpine.com or call (800) 417-2035 The hospital includes inpatient acute care, outpatient surgery and ancillary imaging services. Throughout his career, Dr. Gordon has advocated for spine research and stays on the cutting edge of laser technique and stem cell use. More recently, Dr. Gordon has been on the front line of using early genetic detection of potential spine and neurological problems. He founded the device company Flexuspine and has received patents for more than four spinal devices. He is an affiliate of the North American Spine Society, Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Gordon is the author of a photographic essay titled "In Plain Sight: Seeing God's Signature throughout Creation." Stephen Hochschuler, MD, Co-Founder of Texas Back Institute and Chairman of Texas Back Institute Holdings Corporation, Plano Texas Back Institute was among the first private practices focused on spine surgery founded in the United States with a concurrent mission of educating future surgeons. Dr. Hochschuler, along with Ralph Rashbaum, MD, founded Texas Back Institute in 1977 with the goal of providing specialty spine care, fellowship training, research and new product development. The group's nonprofit research foundation was established in 1985 and the Texas Back Institute Spine Surgery Fellowship Program in 1986. During his career, Dr. Hochsculer was a founding member and president of the Spine Arthroplasty Society, now known as the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. He continues to serve as a founding member of the board of directors. He is also a founding member of the American Board of Spinal Surgery and is a member of the North American Spine Society. Dr. Hochschuler has served on the medical board of several device companies and was founding chairman of Innovative Spinal Technologies. He has been chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Physicians for Alphatec Spine and on the company's board of directors. He was on the business advisory board for DePuy Spine and cofounder of Spinal Technologies. Additionally, he is on the advisory board for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Picower Institute for Memory and Learning and clinical instructor for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School department of orthopedics in Dallas. James J. Lynch, MD, FRCSI, FAANS, Founder and CEO of SpineNevada, Reno During his more than 20 years in the field, Dr. Lynch has focused his attentions on advancing the field of spine surgery and outpatient pro- cedures. He currently performs more than 500 spine surgeries per year in both the hospital and outpatient setting, including more than 200 cervical spine fusions per year. He also serves as partners and director of spine services at Regent Surgical Health. Earlier this year, Dr. Lynch earned the Top Neurosurgeon in Nevada honor from The Leading Physicians of the World. He serves as a board member for the High Fives Organization, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to raising money and awareness for athletes that suffered life-altering injuries while pursuing winter action sports. Dr. Lynch also lectures nationally on outpatient spine surgery and serves as chairman and director of spine programs at the Surgery Center of Reno. He has a special interest in minimally invasive spine surgery, complex procedures, spinal deformities and trauma. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Lynch has published in several spinefocused journals, including The Journal of Neurosurgery and Spine. He is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. John Peloza, MD, Director of the Center for Spine Care, Dallas Dr. Peloza is a founding partner of the Center for Spine Care and Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute, an ambulatory surgery center opened in 2011 as a partnership with Meridian Surgical Partners. The outpatient facility includes the O-arm Spine Surgical Imaging System with StealthStation Navigation. He was one of the first spine surgeons and clinical researchers in Dallas to use mesenchymal stem cells to treat degenerative disc disease. He has been active in using biologic solutions to promote disc and joint healing. Dr. Peloza is a pioneer in minimal access spinal surgery and was instrumental in launching the SEXTANT, MET-Rx and MAVERICK total disc replacement. He was among the first surgeons to use the coflex Interlaminar Technology for motion preservation in the United States. He is a member of several professional organizations, including North American Spine Society and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Peloza earned his medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and completed his residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. His additional training includes fellowships in knee and shoulder reconstructive surgery and spine surgery, and he served as a spine consultant to the United States Ski Team. 9 Kenneth A. Pettine, MD, Founder of Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine, Loveland, Colo. Dr. Pettine co-founded Rocky Mountain Orthopedics in 1991 and then The Spine Institute — formerly Rocky Mountain Spine Arthroplasty Specialists — in 2004. He is a pioneer in minimally invasive outpatient spine surgery and has dedicated his efforts to transitioning appropriate spinal cases into the outpatient ambulatory surgery center setting. He is the driving force behind the Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery, founded in 2011 to help educate surgeons in the safety and efficacy of ambulatory surgery. The society's goal is to have more than 50 percent of spine surgeries performed in an ambulatory environment. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Pettine has contributed to significant advances in spinal implants and technique. He is the co-inventor of the Maverick artificial disc, Prestige artificial disc and currently serves as the chief FDA IDE investigator for the Raymedica lumbar nucleus disc replacement. His additional work with spinal implants includes the Spinal Motion cervical and lumbar total disc arthroplasty, Neodisc cervical disc replacement, Abbot Wallis device, DePuy Discover cervical disc replacement, Facet Solutions Acadia lumbar facet replacement and Paradigm Spine coflex interspinous device. In 2011, Dr. Pettine founded the Orthopaedic Stem Cell Institute to provide stem cell therapy to patients with certain orthopedic injuries as an alternative to therapy. Institute physicians use an autologous stem cell therapy with X-ray guidance to perform the procedure in an outpatient ambulatory surgery center. Dr. Pettine is a member of the North American Spine Society, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, International Spinal Injection Society and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He earned his medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. His additional training includes a fellowship at the Institute for Low Back Care in Minneapolis. Frank Phillips, MD, Director of the Section of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Dr. Phillips was among the early adapters of minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques and has spent his career pioneering the field. He is a founder, board member and past president of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and has developed a number of techniques

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