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20 Spine Surgeons & Specialists on the
Move
By Laura Miller
University of Texas Health Science Center San An-
tonio announced the addition of orthopedic spine
surgeon Zachary Child, MD.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UnityPoint Clinic wel-
comed neurosurgeon Jaime Gasco, MD, who fo-
cuses on brain surgery, neurosurgery, spinal cord
injury and spine surgery.
Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare
appointed Jason H. Huang, MD, chairman of the
department of neurosurgery.
Seattle-based The Polyclinic announced the ad-
dition of orthopedic spine surgeon Sean Keem,
MD, to its medical staff.
Leonard Kibuule, MD, an orthopedic spine sur-
geon, is now a partner at Southlake-based Spine
Team Texas.
Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Gwinnett Medical
Group announced the addition of Matthew M.
Kimball, MD, to medical staff at The Brain &
Spine Institute in Lawrenceville.
The Semmes-Murphey Clinic in Memphis, Tenn.,
added Paul Klimo, MD, to its medical staff. Earli-
er this year, it also welcomed John D. Brophy, MD,
and LaVerne R. Lovell, MD. The have a special in-
terest in microsurgery for ruptured discs, ACDF
and complex lumbar and cervical instrumenta-
tion and fusion.
Dallas-based North American Spine announced
the addition of orthopedic spine surgeons Mark
Kuper, DO, and Jeffrey Wingate, MD, to its phy-
sician team.
Neurosurgical Associates of Abington (Pa.) an-
nounced the addition of Douglas W. Laske, MD,
to its physician team.
Marius Maxwell, MD, founded a new spine cen-
ter — Arctic Spine — in Anchorage, Alaska.
Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic NeuroSurgical
Specialists announced the addition of Yaron A.
Moshel, MD, PhD, to its physician team.
Northwestern Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital an-
nounced the addition of neurosurgeon Adebu-
kola Onibokun, MD, to its medical staff.
St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham,
Ill., announced the appointment of orthopedic
spine surgeon Bernard Rerri, MD, to its medical
staff.
Eric R. Ritchie, MD, a pediatric orthopedic and
spine surgeon practicing at the Children's Ortho-
paedic & Spine Center in San Antonio, will be see-
ing patients in a satellite office in Boerne, Texas.
Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute an-
nounced the addition of orthopedic spine sur-
geon, William Sukovich, MD, to its surgical cen-
ter in Philadelphia.
Neurospine surgeon Jamal Taha, MD, joined the
Minimally Invasive Spine Institute in Cincinnati.
Hoan Tran, MD, a neurosurgeon with a focus
on degenerative spine conditions, spinal oncol-
ogy and minimally invasive spine surgery, joined
Sunnyside (W.Va.) Community Hospital and Spe-
cialty Center Surgical Group. n
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