Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:

  • Hansen  Yuan, MD, PhD , SUNY Upstate/Syracuse

Associate Editors:

  • Paul Anderson, MD , University of Wisconsin
  • Jack Zigler, MD , Texas Back Institute

Special Deputy to the Editor-in-Chief:

  • Donna D. Ohnmeiss, DrMed , Texas Back Institute

Deputy Editors:

  • Neel Anand, MD , Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  • Ali Araghi, DO , Texas Back Institute
  • Hyun Bae, MD , Institute at St. John's Health Center
  • Frank Cammisa, MD , Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Edmund Chao, PhD , John Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Federico Girardi, MD , Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Vijay K. Goel, PhD , University of Toledo
  • Larry Khoo, MD , University of California, Los Angeles
  • Choon-Sung Lee, MD , Assan Medical Center
  • Mohamed Maziad, MD , Maziad Orthopedic & Spine Associates
  • Frank Phillips, MD , Rush University Medical Center
  • Luiz Pimenta, MD , University of California San Diego, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • John Regan, MD , FACS , D.I.S.C. - Sport and Spine Center
  • Alejandro Reyes-Sánchez, MD , National Orthopaedic Institute, Mexico
  • Harvinder Sandhu, MD , Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Matthew Scott-Young, MD , Pacific Private Clinic
  • Bjorn Stromqvist, MD , Lund University
  • Hee-Kit Wong, MD , National University Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore
  • Huilin Yang, MD , First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
  • Dewei Zou, MD , 306 Hospital of PLA

Associate Editor, MIS Section:

  • Choll Kim, MD, PhD , University of California, San Diego

SMISS Editor:

  • Bill Taylor, MD , UCSD Neurosurgery

Managing Editor:

  • Jonny Dover, BA

Peer Reviewers:

  • Samy Abdou, MD , Dept of Neurological Surgery, Kaiser Hospital
  • Celeste Abjornson, PhD , Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Demetrius Kasak Abrahao, MD , Eco Center - Cambuí
  • Kuniyoshi Abumi, MD, DMSci , Hokkaido University Health Admin Center
  • Edward Ahn, PhD , Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.
  • Michael Ahrens, MD , Strandweg 4
  • Todd Albert, MD , Thomas Jefferson University
  • Matthew Allen, DVM, PhD , Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University
  • Greg Anderson, MD , The Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University
  • Gunnar Andersson MD, PhD , Midwest Orthopaedics, Rush Med School
  • Farbod Asgarzadie, MD, PhD , Loma Linda University Medical Center
  • Koang Hum Bak, MD , Loma Linda University Medical Center
  • Massimo Balsano, MD , Spine Universe
  • Chip Bao, PhD , Pioneer Surgical Technology
  • Gamal Baroud, PhD , Sherbrooke University
  • Thomas Bauer, MD , Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Stephan W. J. Becker, MD, BEFOT , Orthopaedic Hospital Vienna
  • William Beutler, MD , Pennsylvania Spine Institute
  • Fabien Bitan, MD , Lenox Hill Hospital
  • Scott Blumenthal, MD , Texas Back Institute
  • Chris Bono, MD , Brigham and Young Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • David Bradford, MD , University of California Medical Center
  • Dahari D. Brooks, MD , University of Massachusetts
  • Courtney Brown, MD , Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center
  • Rudy Buckley, MD , Slocum Dickson Medical Group
  • Josip Buric, MD , Unita Funzionale di Chirurgia Spinale c.d.c.
  • John Kenneth Burkus, MD , The Hughston Clinic
  • Karin Buttner-Janz, MD , Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain
  • Abbott Byrd, MD , Atlantic Orthopedic Specialists
  • Tony Castellvi, MD , Florida Orthopedic Institute
  • Frank Chan, PhD , Medtronic
  • Boyle Cheng, PhD , Drexel
  • Pil Sun Choi, MD , The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine
  • Ki-Hong Cho, MD, PhD , Chief of Medical Staff Ajou University Hospital
  • Kyoung-Suok Cho, MD, PhD , Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine
  • Hun Kee Chung, MD , Seoul National University Hospital
  • Patrick Connolly, MD , University of Massachusetts
  • Domagoj Coric, MD , Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
  • G. Bryan Cornwall, PhD, PEng. , NuVasive
  • Bryan Cunningham, MS , Union Memorial Hospital
  • Bambang Darwono, MD, PhD , Kelapa Gading Hospital
  • Reggie Davis, MD , Baltimore Spine Center
  • Rick Delamarter, MD , The Spine Institute
  • Wenyuan Ding, MD , 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University
  • Emad Elmehy , Tanta Faculty of Medicine
  • P. Richard Emmanuel, MD , Southern California Orthopedic & Musculoskeletal Association
  • Thomas Errico, MD , Spine Surgery Division, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
  • Antonio Paolo Fabrizi, MD , NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
  • Amir Fayyazi, MD , VSAS Orthopaedics Institute for Advanced Healthcare
  • Zsolt Fekete, MD , Roland Klinik Bremen
  • Lisa Ferrara, DEng , OrthoKinetic Technologies
  • Rick Fessler, MD , Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Kevin Foley, MD , Image-Guided Surgery Research Center
  • Bruce Fredrickson, MD , State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
  • Rolando Garcia, MD , Orthopedic Care Center
  • Steven Garfin, MD , Orthopedic Care Center
  • Luthfi Gatam, MD, PhD , Fatmawati General Hospital
  • Fred Geisler, MD, PhD , Fatmawati General Hospital
  • Zia Gokaslan, MD , Johns Hopkins University
  • Jeffrey Goldstein, MD , NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
  • Charles R Gordon, MD , NeuroCare Network
  • Michael Gordon, MD , Newport Orthopedic Institute
  • Matthew Gornet, MD , The Orthopedic Center of St. Louis
  • Stanley Grabias, MD , Ridgewood Orthopaedic Specialists
  • Dieter Grob, MD , Spine Unit, Schulthess Hospital
  • Munish Gupta, MD , University of California Sacramento
  • Rick Guyer, MD , Texas Back Institute
  • Alexander G. Hadjipavlou, MD, FACS , University of Crete
  • Henry Halm, MD , Department of Spine Surgery and Scoliosis Center Klinikum Neustadt
  • Ho Gyun Ha, MD, PhD , Eulji Medical School
  • Tom Hedman, PhD , University of Southern California
  • John Heller, MD , The Emory Spine Center
  • Harry Herkowitz, MD , William Beaumont Hospital
  • Ulrich Hähnle, MD, FCS , Linksfield Park Clinic
  • Ronald Hill, PhD , Pioneer Surgical Technology
  • Richard Holt, MD , Spine Surgery PSC
  • Kenneth Hsu, MD , St. Mary's Medical Center
  • Fang Hua, MD , Modesto Medical Offices
  • Fang Huang, MD , Chinese PLA General Hospital
  • Paul Huddleston, III, MD , Mayo Clinic
  • Serena Hu, MD , University of California San Francisco
  • Manabu Ito, MD, PhD , Hokkaido University School of Medicine
  • Tae-Ahn Jahng, MD, PhD , Seoul National University Hospital
  • Jee-Soo Jang, MD , Wooridul Spine Hospital
  • Mike Janssen, DO , The Spine Education and Research Institute
  • Daniel Kim, MD , Eulji Medical University Hospital
  • Whoan Jeang Kim, MD, PhD , Stanford University Medical Center
  • Scott Kitchel, MD , Orthopedic Spine Associates
  • Peter Klara, MD, PhD , Advanced NeuroSpine Specialists
  • Martin Knight, MD , Spinal Foundation
  • Chong-suh Lee , Samsung Medical Center
  • Jung-Kil Lee, MD , Chonnam National University Hospital & Medical School
  • Casey Lee, MD , Spine Care and Rehabilitation
  • Sang-Ho Lee, MD , Wooridul Spine Hospital
  • Jean-Charles Le Huec, MD , Spinal Foundation
  • Isadore Lieberman, MD , Cleveland Clinic
  • Bengt Lind, MD , Sahlgrenska University Hospital
  • Morgan Lorio, MD , NeuroSpine Solutions
  • Donald MacKenzie, MD, FRCSC, FACS , Medical Center of Plano
  • Michael MacMillan, MD , University of Florida
  • Mohammad Majd, MD , Spine Surgery PSC
  • Steven Mardjetko , Illinois Bone & Joint Institute
  • Catana Marius, MD , Spitalul Clinic de Urgenta "Bagdasar-Arseni" (Fostul Spital de Neurochirurgie)
  • Frederic Martens, MD , Imelda Hospital
  • James H. Maxwell, MD , Scottsdale Spine Care
  • Paul McAfee, MD , St. Josephs Medical Center
  • Geoffrey McCullen, MD , St Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
  • Dennis McGowan, MD , Avera St. Anthony's Hospital
  • Kevin McGuire, MD , Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Christopher Meredith, MD , Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas Hospital
  • Scot Miller, DO, FACS , The Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center
  • Srdjan Mirkovic, MD , Northwestern University Medical School
  • Dick Nasca, MD , University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Ric Navarro, PhD , Theken Disc
  • Yutaka Nohara, MD, PhD , Dokkyo University School of Medicine
  • Donna Ohnmeiss, DrMed , Texas Back Institute Foundation
  • Nathaniel Ordway, MS , SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Virgilio Ortiz, MD , Higt Specialty Spine Center, San Javier Hospital
  • Choon-Keun Park, MD, PhD , President Wiltse Mem Hosp
  • Sung Choon Park, MD, PhD , Dept. of Neurosurgery, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine
  • Soo-An Park, MD, PhD , SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Chun-Kun Park, MD, PhD , The Catholic University of Korea
  • Avinash Patwardhan, PhD , Loyola University Medical Center
  • Walter Peppelman, DO , Pennsylvania Spine Institute
  • Richard Perrin, MD, FRCS(C), FACS , Diablo Neurosurgical Medical Group
  • Gilles Perrin, MD, PhD , Hopital Neurologique P. Wertheimer, Groupement Hospitalier Est.
  • Radu Prejbeanu, MD, PhD , University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Afsaneh Rabiei, PhD , North Carolina State University
  • S. Rajasekaran, MD , Ganga Hospital, Orthopedic Department
  • Thomas Raley, MD , Hanover Orthopaedic Assoc Inc.
  • Steve Robbins, MD , Milwaukee Spinal Specialists
  • Jose Gabriel Rugeles, MD , San Ignacio Hospital
  • Richard Salib , Ortho Institute for Low Back and Neck Care
  • Rick Sasso, MD , Indiana Spine Group
  • Robert Schoenmayr, MD , Klinik Fuer Neurochirurgie Hsk
  • Jim Schwender, MD , Twin Cities Spine Center
  • Dilip K. Sengupta, MD , Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Center
  • Hassan Serhan, PhD , DePuy Acromed
  • Khalid Sethi, MD , Lourdes Hospital
  • Yong Shen, MD , 3rd Hospital of Hebei Medical University
  • John Sherman, MD , Twin Cities Orthopedics
  • Joseph Stachniak, MD , Brain & Spine Center of Texas
  • Thomas Stoll, MD , Department of Spinal Surgery, Bethesda Spital
  • Jung-Keun Suh, MD, PhD , Dept. of Neurosurgery, Korea University School of Medicine
  • Mike Sun, MD , Upstate Medical University (SUNY)
  • Richard Tallarico, MD , Upstate Medical University (SUNY)
  • Karen Talmadge, PhD , Kyphon
  • Chengxuan Tang, MD , 3rd Affilitated Hospitalof Wenzhou Medical College
  • Chong Tien Tan, MD , Island Spine and Scoliosis
  • Tony Tannoury, MD , Boston Medical Center
  • Bill Taylor, MD , University of California, San Diego Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Vo Van Thanh, MD, PhD , Hospital for Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ho Chi Minh City
  • Tadanori Tomita, MD, PhD , Children's Memorial Hospital
  • Anthony Tsantrizos, PhD , Synthes
  • Alex Vaccaro, MD , Rothman Institute
  • Visit Vamvanij, MD , Vice Chancellor Mahidol University
  • Michael Wang, MD , University of Miami
  • Jeffrey Wang, MD , Vice Chancellor Mahidol University
  • Douglas Wardlaw, MD , Woodend Hospital
  • William Watters, III, MD , Bone & Joint Clinic of Houston
  • William Welch, MD, FACS , The Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Penn
  • F. Todd Wetzel, MD , Dept of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine
  • Douglas Wong, MD , Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center
  • David Wong, MD, MSc, FRCS , Raffles Hospital
  • Hua-Zi Xu, MD , 2nd Affilitated Hospitalof Wenzhou Medical College
  • Tarik Yazar, MD , University of Ankara School Ibni Sina Hospital
  • John Yeh, MD, FRCS , The Royal London Hospital
  • Chris Yeung, MD , Arizona Institute For Minimally Invasive Spine Care
  • Tony Yeung, MD , Arizona Institute For Minimally Invasive Spine Care
  • Ken Yonemura, MD , University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Do-Heum Yoon, MD, PhD , Yonsei University College of Medicine
  • Philip S. Yuan, MD , Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical Group
  • Jim Yue, MD , Yale University School of Medicine
  • Xue Li Zhang, MD , Tianjin Union Medical Centre
  • Jack Zigler, MD , Texas Back Institute
  • Michael Zindrick, MD , Hinsdale Orthopaedics
  • James Zucherman, MD , St. Mary's Spine Center