Becker's Spine Review

55 Becker's 13th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Future of Spine - call (800) 417-2035 ADVERTISING INDEX Note: Ad page number(s) given in parentheses ADVERTISER Alphatec Spine. customerservice@alphatecspine.com / www.alphatecspine.com / (800) 922-1356 (p. 12) Amendia. info@amendia.com / www.amendia.com / (877) 755-3329 (p. 7, 43-53) Aurora Spine. info@auroraspine.us / www.aurora-spine.com / (760) 424-2004 (p. 13) Bacterin. info@bacterin.com / www.bacterin.com / (406) 388-0480 (p. 25) DePuy Synthes Select. depuysynthesselect@synthes.com / www.depuysynthes.com/select / (800) 523-0322 (p. 2) Invibio. info@invibio.com / www.invibio.com / (866) 468-4246 (p. 33) K2M. www.k2m.com / (866) 526-4171 (p. 39) Lumin Health. www.luminhealth.com (p. 11) Mazor Robotics. bioskills@mazorrobotics-us.com / www.mazorrobotics.com (p. 31) Meridian Surgical Partners. www.meridiansurgicalpartners.com / (615) 301-8142 (p. 23) OsteoMed. webinfo@osteomed.com / www.osteomed.com / (800) 456-7779 (p. 26 - 29) Pinnacle. info@pinnaclespinegroup.com / www.pinnaclespinegroup.com / (214) 466-1428 (p. 56) Precision Spine. info@precisionspineinc.com / www.precisionspineinc.com / (601) 420-4244 (p. 3) Spinal Elements. info@spinalelements.com / www.spinalelements.com / (877) 774-6255 (p. 5) Spineology. webinfo@spineology.com / www.spineology.com / (888) 377-4633 (p. 4) Surgical Management Professionals. info@smpsd.com / www.smpsd.com / (605) 444-8207 (p. 22) Titan Spine. tsinfo@titanspine.com / www.titanspine.com / (866) 822-7800 (p. 34 - 37) Northwestern Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital wel- comed fellowship-trained spine surgeon at Pat- rick A. Sugrue, MD. Thomas Saul, MD, a neurosurgical spine special- ist, joined Cincinnati-based Mercy Health Physi- cians. Orthopedic spine surgeon Brad Picha, MD, be- came a partner at Youngstown (Ohio) Orthope- dic Associates. Neurosurgeon and former Naval Commander Samuel Critides Jr., MD, joined Sacred Heart Medical Group in Pensacola, Fla. Joliet, Ill.-based Meridian Medical Associates wel- comed spine surgeon Dalip Pelinkovic, MD, to its physician team. Fellowship-trained spine surgeon Joseph Blythe, DO, joined Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville, Tenn. Spine surgeon Joseph Smucker, MD, joined Indi- ana Spine Group in Carmel after previously serv- ing as an assistant professor in the department of orthopedics and rehabilitation faculty at the Uni- versity of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. Adebukola Oniokun, MD, opened San Jose (Ca- lif.) Nerospine. Three neurosurgeons — Mayshan Ghiassi, MD; Mahan Ghiassi, MD; and John Barr, MD — joined Washington Regional Medical Center's new Northwest Arkansas Neurosciences Institute in Fayetteville. Orthopedic spine surgeon Chibuikem Akam- monu, MD, joined FLH Medical, P.C. Orthopedic Surgery in Geneva, N.Y. The University of Nevada named Michael Daubs, MD, orthopedic residency program chair. Tampa Bay Neurosurgery & Spine Specialists in Brandon, Fla., welcomed neurosurgeon Tien V. Le, MD. Neurospine surgeon Bryan Bolinger, DO, joined Geisinger-Lewistown (Pa.) Hospital. San Rosa Orthopaedics named Christian Atha- nassious, MD, the spine program co-director. Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., welcomed Mark Foster, DO. Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute elected spine surgeon Alexander Vaccaro, MD, president. Laser Spine Institute welcomed Jeffrey F. Shall, MD, to its new Cleveland location and Thomas Francavilla, MD, to its Cincinnati location. Spine surgeon Paul D. Lane Jr., MD, affiliated with South Georgia Medical Center. Spine surgeon James Perry, MD, joined Vail (Colo.)-Summit Orthopaedics. Dayton, Ohio-based Wright State Physicians Or- thopaedics welcomed Mark Kayanja, MD, PhD, an orthopedic spine surgeon who previously practiced with The CORE Institute in Phoenix. Erkan Alci, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, joined Coastal Orthopedics in Conway, S.C. Allegheny Health Network named Donald Whit- ing, MD, neurosurgery chairman. n 25 Spine Surgical Specialists on the Move

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