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Sign up for Becker's Orthopedic, Spine Business & Pain Management E-Weeklies at www.BeckersOrthopedicandSpine.com or call (800) 417-2035 as the president of the Scoliosis Research Society. He has led the AAOS program to educate healthcare providers in Africa about orthopedic care. Paul Kuflik, MD, is the associate director of the Spine Institute of New York at Beth Israel Medical Center and the former chief of scoliosis service at the Hospital for Joint Diseases. He is a member of the Scoliosis Research Society. Lawrence Lenke, MD, is the director of the spinal deformity institute and fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. His research interests include lumbar and thoracic scoliosis, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and fusion surgery. Isador Lieberman, MD, is the director of the scoliosis and spine tumor center at the Texas Back Institute in Plano. He is on the medical advisory board for Mazor Robotics, a spine surgery device company who focuses on robotic guidance systems. Baron Lonner, MD, is the principle investigator for the Scoliosis Outcomes Database Registry at NYU Langone Medical Center Musculoskeletal Research Center. He has also been the director of Scoliosis and Spine Associates since 1999. John Lonstein, MD, is a surgeon at the Twin Cities Spine Center in Minneapolis. He specializes in pediatric spine and scoliosis deformities and is a part of the Scoliosis Research Foundation. Rex Marco, MD, is chief of spine surgery and musculoskeletal oncology at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is the co-director of the Spinal Deformity service at Shriners Hospital for Children. Steve Mardjetko, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon with the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute. He is the chief of pediatric orthopedics at Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill. He is a spinal deformities and pediatric orthopedic specialist. Paul McAfee, MD, is the director of the Scoliosis and Spine Center at St. Josephs Hospital. He participates in the Spine Training Program at Johns Hopkins and Union Memorial Hospitals. Richard E. McCarthy, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at Arkansas Children's Hospital and cofounder of the Arkansas Spine Center. He is a past president of the Scoliosis Research Society. Michael Neuwirth, MD, directs the Spine Institute of New York at Beth Israel Medical Center and its fellowship program. He is former chief of scoliosis service at the Hospital for Joint Diseases. He served on the board of the Scoliosis Research Society. Peter Newton, MD, has been a pediatric orthopedic surgeon for more than 25 years. He is the chairman of orthopedics at Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego and serves as the president and chairman of the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation. 41 Michael F. O'Brien, MD, is the medical director of research at the Baylor Scoliosis Center. He has served as the chairman of the Scoliosis Research Society Global Outreach Committee and completed the Scoliosis Research Society traveling fellowship. David Skaggs, MD, is the director of the Scoliosis & Spinal Deformity Program and director of the Children's Orthopaedic Center at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. He specializes in the treatment of children with spinal deformities. James Ogilvie, MD, is a past president of the Scoliosis Research Society. He is the founder, director and the chief medical officer for Axial Biotech, a company focused on developing genetic tests and treatment for spinal disorders. Paul D. Sponseller, MD, is the department executive vice chair and chief of the division of pediatric orthopedics at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. He serves as treasurer of the Scoliosis Research Society. Timothy Oswald, MD, is the director of the scoliosis screening program at the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. He serves on the non-operative management committee and the program committee for the Scoliosis Research Society. Mark Stephen, MD, is the director of the Spine & Scoliosis Center at Stony Brook Medicine. He focuses treatment on pediatric scoliosis, spinal stenosis, spinal fusion, trauma, orthopedic surgery and herniated and degenerative discs. George D. Picetti, III, MD, is the medical director of pediatric spine surgery at Sutter Medical Group and the Children's Center at Sutter Medical Center. He has a professional interest in performing minimally invasive surgical approaches for scoliosis. David Polly, MD, is the chief of the spine services at the University of Minnesota. He has been the secretary of the Scoliosis Research Society and served on the board of directors for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. B. Stephens Richards, MD, is a past president of the Scoliosis Research Society. He serves as the assistant chief of staff and medical director of inpatient services at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.  Anthony Rinella, MD, is the founder of the Illinois Spine & Scoliosis Center and the cofounder of SpineHope, a nonprofit that helps children with spine deformities. He completed a fellowship in spine surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. Vishal Sarwahi, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic spine surgeon who is the chief of scoliosis surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y. His research focuses on surgical treatment of spine deformities of children, adolescents and young adults.  Harry L. Shufflebarger, MD, is the chief of the division of spinal surgery at Miami Children's Hospital. He has authored several publications on spinal deformity and spine degeneration and served as president of the Scoliosis Research Society. David Siambanes, DO, is St. Joseph's Children's Hospital Scoliosis Center medical director. He was co-chair of the medical advisory team for Children's Spine Foundation and spine section president of the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics. Rudolph Taddonio, MD, is the chief of orthopedics and a pediatric spine surgeon at Stamford Hospital. He is also the director of scoliosis and spine surgery at New York Medical College and founder of his practice, Scoliosis and Spinal Surgery. George Thompson, MD, is the division chief of pediatric orthopedics at University Hospital Case Medical Center in Cleveland. He is a past president of the Scoliosis Research Society. He and has studied scoliosis deformity extensively. Michael Vitale, MD, is the chief of pediatric and scoliosis surgery at Columbia Orthopaedics. He is also the director of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Research Group and has authored manuscripts and textbooks on the treatment of scoliosis. n sign up Today Stay updated on the latest news, trends and business concepts for orthopedic surgeons and practices SPINE REVIEW Sign up today for Becker's Spine Review E-Weekly at www.beckersorthopedic andspine.com

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