Newsweek has released its annual list of the 150 best spine surgeons in the U.S. for 2024.
Newsweek compiled the ranking of surgeons using Medicare data that evaluated a quality-of-care rating by peers of each spine surgeon and a consideration of their American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery certifications.
The 150 leading spine surgeons recognized represent the 20 states with the highest numbers of practicing physicians.
The 150 best spine surgeons in the U.S., per Newsweek:
Kingsley O Abode-Iyamah, MD, Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville (Fla.)
Mark Adams, MD, Covenant Medical Center (Saginaw, Mich.)
Bradley D Ahlgren, MD, Beaumont Hospital Troy (Mich.)
Todd Alamin, MD, Stanford (Calif.) Health Care
Kevin Ammar, MD, Memorial Health University Medical Center (Savannah, Ga.)
Peter Angevine, MD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
Roy Ashford, MD, Huntington Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.)
Hyun Bae, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Carlos Bagley, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)
Gregory Balturshot, MD, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)
Babak Barcohana, MD, Valley Presbyterian Hospital (Van Nuys, Calif.)
Sushil Kumar Basra, MD, Huntington Hospital (Huntington, N.Y.)
John Bendo, MD, NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City)
Sigurd Berven, MD, UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
Amandeep Bhalla, MD, MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach, Calif.)
Peter Bono, DO, Ascension Providence Hospital (Southfield, Mich.)
Christopher Brown, MD, Duke Raleigh (N.C.) Hospital
Paul McAfee, MD, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (Baltimore, Md.)
Brian Cameron, MD, VCU Medical Center (Richmond, Va.)
Jeffrey Cantor, MD, Holy Cross Health (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Daniel Cavanaugh, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore, Md.)
Thomas Cha, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
Jens Chapman, MD, Swedish Medical Center (Seattle)
Selby Chen, MD, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (Fla.)
Ivan Cheng, MD, Ascension Seton Hays (Kyle, Texas)
William Costigan, MD, Huntington Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.)
Kenneth Crandall, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
Colin Crosby, MD, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown (Nashville, Tenn.)
Gurvinder Deol, MD, Wakemed Cary (N.C.) Hospital
Peter Brett Derman, MD, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital (Dallas)
Randall Dryer, MD, Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Texas)
E Hunter Dyer, MD, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.)
Daniel Fahim, MD, Beaumont Hospital- Royal Oak (Mich.)
Jeremy Fogelson, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester (Minn.)
Mark Freeborn, MD, EvergreenHealth Medical Center (Kirkland, Wash.)
Christopher Dominic Frendo, DO, Huntington Hospital (Huntington, N.Y.)
Christopher Furey, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Paul Gause, MD, HonorHealth - Scottsdale (Ariz.) Thompson Peak Medical Center
Ryan Glasser, MD, HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital
Jeffrey Goldstein, MD, NYU Langone Hospital (New York City)
Michael Groff, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
Betsy Grunch, MD, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville (Ga.)
Raymond Hah, MD, Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles)
Roger Hartl, MD, New York - Presbyterian Hospital- Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
William Hotchkiss, MD, North Central Surgical Center Llp (Dallas, Texas)
Victor Hsu, MD, Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital
Serena Hu, MD, Stanford (Calif.) Health Care
Alexander Hughes, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
Leonel Hunt, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Sravisht Iyer, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
M J J Clarke, MD, Mayo Clinic - Rochester (Minn.)
David Jackson, MD, Banner Estrella Medical Center (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Paul Jeffords, MD, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta)
Gerard Jeong, MD, Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center
Samuel Joseph, MD, HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital
Kevin Ju, MD, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall
Paul Keller, MD, Holmes Regional Medical Center (Melbourne, Fla.)
Michael Kelly, MD, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (Calif.)
Christopher Kepler, MD, Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Philadelphia)
Jad Khalil, MD, Corewell Health Taylor (Mich.) Hospital
Kunwar Khalsa, MD, HonorHealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Shea Medical Center
Sanjay Khurana, MD, Providence Saint John's Health Center (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Leonard Kibuule, MD, Houston (Texas) Methodist West Hospital
Choll Kim, MD, PhD, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Calif.)
David Kim, MD, New England Baptist Hospital (Boston)
Han Jo Kim, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
Paul Kim, MD, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.)
Terrence Kim, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Yong Kim, MD, NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City)
Eric Klineberg, MD, Memorial Hermann - Rockets Orthopedic Hospital (Bellaire, Texas)
Mark Knaub, MD, Penn State Health - Milton Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center
Eugene Young Koh, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
Dean Borissov Kostov, MD, Riverside Regional Medical Center (Newport News, Va.)
Michael Kropf, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
James Kryzanski, MD, Tufts Medical Center (Boston)
Craig Kuhns, MD, St. David's Medical Center (Austin, Texas)
Darren Lebl, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
Robert Lowe, MD, Tristar Centennial Medical Center (Nashville)
Steven Ludwig, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
Michael Madsen, MD, North Carolina Specialty Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
Paul Marcotte, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia)
Peter Mayer, MD, HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital
Behrang Mazahery, MD, Reston (Va.) Hospital Center
William McAllister, MD, Riverside Regional Medical Center (Newport News, Va.)
John McCormick, MD, Memorial Health University Medical Center (Savannah, Ga.)
Anis Mekhail, MD, Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital (Palos Heights, Ill.)
Mark Mikhael, MD, Evanston (Ill.) Hospital
Michael Moghimi, MD, Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Texas)
Thomas Mroz, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Michael Musacchio, MD, Endeavor Health Skokie (Ill.) Hospital
George Naseef, MD, Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center
Eric Nottmeier, MD, Mayo Clinic- Jacksonville (Fla.)
Marcelino Oliveri, DO, Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital
Okay Onan, MD, Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Texas)
Joseph Orchowski, MD, Centra Lynchburg (Va.) General Hospital
Brian O'Shaughnessy, MD, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown (Nashville, Tenn.)
Richard Ozuna, MD, Beth Sirael Lahey Health - Anna Jaques Hospital (Newburyport, Mass.)
Sohrab Pahlavan, MD, Kaiser Permanente - San Jose (Calif.) Medical Center
Andrew Park, MD, Methodist Hospital for Surgery (Addison, Texas)
Daniel Park, MD, Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak (Mich.)
Don Park, MD, UCI Health Gottschalk Medical Plaza (Irvine, Calif.)
John Park, MD, PhD, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
Alpesh Patel, MD, Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Tiffany Perry, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Bimal Rami, MD, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Nizam Razack, MD, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center
Davis Reames, MD, St. Josephs / Candler (Savannah, Ga.)
Brandon Rebholz, MD, Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
John Rhee, MD, Emory University Hospital (Atlanta)
Daniel Riew, MD, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia and Cornell (New York City)
Andrew Roeser, MD, Houston (Texas) Methodist Hospital
D Todd Rose, MD, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.)
Ranjan Roy, MD, Novant Health Rowan Medical Center (Salisbury, N.C.)
Mustasim Rumi, MD, Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital (Austin, Texas)
Ashish Sahai, MD, Broward Health North (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Sean Salehi, MD, Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital
Andrew Sama, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
Chintan Suren Sampat, MD, Silver Cross Hospital (New Lenox, Ill.)
Charles Sansur, MD, University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
Jason Savage, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Gary Shapiro, MD, Evanston (Ill.) Hospital
Francis Hao Tso Shen, MD, University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville)
Adam Lynn Shimer, MD, University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville)
Jeremy Shore, MD, Beth Israel Lahey Health (Newburyport, R.I.)
Gbolabo Sokunbi, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
Edward Song, MD, Arizona Spine and Joint Hospital (Mesa)
Leo Spector, MD, OrthoCarolina (Charlotte, N.C.)
Steven Mark Spitz, MD, Northside Hospital - Atlanta
Noam Stadlan, MD, Endeavor Health Skokie (Ill.) Hospital
Blake Staub, MD, Medical City Dallas Hospital
Byron Stephens, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.)
Richard Stovall, MD, St. David's Surgical Hospital (Round Rock, Texas)
Ryan Stuckey, MD, Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston)
Ishaq Syed, MD, Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)
Mazin Al Tamimi, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)
John Thomas, MD, New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington, N.C.)
Kirk Michael Thompson, MD, Baptist Memorial Hospital - Collierville (Tenn.)
Thomas Tolli, MD, HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
P Justin Tortolani, MD, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (Towson)
Jason O Toy, MD, Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Texas)
Luis Tumialan, MD, Honorhealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Osborn Medical Center
Jay Turner, MD, PhD, Dignity Health- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Juan Uribe, MD, Dignity Health - St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix, Ariz.)
David Vincent, MD, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach, Va.)
Amir Vokshoor, MD, Providence Saint John's Health Center (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Jeffrey Wang, MD, Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles)
Thomas Wascher, MD, Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh (Wis.)
Robert Watkins, MD, Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey (Calif.) Hospital
Keith Williams, MD, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville (Tenn.)
David Wimberley, MD, Texas Orthopedic Hospital (Houston)
