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12 SPINE LEADERSHIP Kern Singh, MD, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Chicago. Dr. Singh teaches min- imally invasive spinal surgery techniques to surgeons around the world, and serves as co-director of Rush's Minimally Inva- sive Spine Institute. A surgeon entrepre- neur, Dr. Singh co-founded Avaz Surgical in 2010 to develop next-generation neural guidance and quantitative imaging tech- niques. rough Avaz Surgical technology, Dr. Singh and his colleagues are currently striving for a footprint in the lateral spine surgery market. He is princi- pal researcher in FDA trials focused on cervical disc replacement and motion-preserving spinal technology. Dr. Singh also actively partic- ipates in MIS spine instrument design. Dr. Singh completed his or- thopedic and neurosurgical spinal surgery fellowship at Atlanta-based Emory University. Paul Slosar, MD, SpineCare Medical Group, San Francisco. Equipped with an entrepreneurial mindset, Dr. Slosar serves as president and partner of SpineCare Medical Group. Dr. Slosar also lectures on spine care nationally and internationally, and is involved with various spine compa- nies developing new spinal technologies. He conducts clinical research with the San Francisco Spine Institute. Dr. Slosar com- pleted his spine surgery fellowship with SpineCare Medical Group and San Francisco Spine Institute. Gil Tepper, MD, Miracle Mile Medical Center, Los Angeles. Dr. Tepper is director of the Valley Spine Center in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and e Spine Institute at Miracle Mile Medical Center. He is CEO of Miracle Mile Medical Center. He speaks and lectures nationally and internationally on spine tech- nique and is CEO of the new start-up Prime Surgeons. He has been a principal clinical investigator in several FDA investigations for spinal fusion and disc replacement devic- es. Dr. Tepper earned his medical degree at Chicago Medical School and completed his orthopedic residency at Albert Einstein College of Medi- cine/Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. Larry Teuber, MD, South Dakota. Dr. Teuber founded and served as physician executive of Black Hills Surgery Center in South Dakota. He has spent time as president of Medical Facilities Corporation and managing partner of e Spine Center in Rapid City. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Teuber provides consultative services and speaks to physician organizations about developing surgical facilities and cen- ters of excellence. He earned his medical degree from the University of South Dakota and completed a neurosurgery residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA, Rothman Institute, Philadelphia. Dr. Vaccaro is president of the Rothman Insti- tute. He is also the president of the Associ- ation for Collaborative Spine Research and an American Spinal Injury Association past president. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Vaccaro is the Richard H. Rothman Professor and chairman of or- thopedic surgery at Philadelphia-based omas Jefferson University, co-director of the Spinal Cord Injury Center and co-chief of spine surgery. He re- ceived the North American Spine Society's Leon Wiltse award for his leadership and research excellence. Dr. Vaccaro completed his spine fellowship at the University of San Diego, and obtained a doctorate degree in spinal trauma. Richard Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, NeoSpine, Puyallup, Wash. Dr. Wohns earned his master of business adminis- tration degree from Seattle-based Univer- sity of Washington in 1997. He founded NeoSpine in 2001, aer he established an outpatient spine surgery program in Puget Sound. Following Symbion's acquisition of NeoSpine in 2008, Dr. Wohns became a chief consultant to Symbion for devel- oping outpatient spine surgery centers. In addition to these business endeavors, Dr. Wohns also co-founded U.S. Radiosurgery, which develops Gamma Knife and Cyberknife Radio- surgery centers. Outside of his clinical practice, Dr. Wohns dedicates much of his time to lecturing on the business, legal and clinical com- ponents of outpatient spine surgery. Dr. Wohns completed his neuro- surgery residency at University of Washington. Anthony Yeung, MD, Desert Institute for Spine Care, Phoenix. Founder of DISC, Dr. Yeung began performing en- doscopic spine surgery in the 1990s. Dr. Yeung is among the first surgeons to use endoscopic-guided lasers and developed the Yeung Endoscopic Spine System. He teaches this unique procedure to fellows in the practice's Squaw Peak Surgical Facility. Dr. Yeung is a past president of the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Sur- geons and is the executive director of the International Intradiscal and Transforaminal erapy Society. n