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Where Can I Find a Physician Who Treats With MIS?
Active members of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) are board certified orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons with known expertise in minimally invasive spine surgery. Each member is nominated by an established MIS colleague and their membership approved by the Society Board of Directors comprised of the world experts in minimally invasive spine surgery. Each member must maintain ongoing training and make scientific contributions to the field of spine surgery.
| State | City | Affiliated Hospital | Physician Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | Phoenix | Texas Back Institute - Phoenix | Ali Araghi |
| AZ | Phoenix | Desert Institute for Spine Care | Christopher Yeung |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo | Luiz Pimenta | |
| CA | Beverly Hills | Carl Lauryssen | |
| CA | Beverly Hills | John Regan | |
| CA | Davis | Valley Oak Spine Surgery | Richard Barry |
| CA | La Jolla | San Diego Center for Spine Disorders | Behrooz Akbarnia |
| CA | La Jolla | La Jolla Spine Institute | Kamshad Raiszadeh |
| CA | La Jolla | La Jolla Spine Institute | Ramin Raiszadeh, MD |
| CA | Loma Linda | Loma Linda Univ Dept of Neurosurgery | Farbod Asgarzadie |
| CA | Long Beach | Long Beach Memorial Medical Center | Philip Yuan. |
| CA | Los Angeles | Cedars Sinai Medical Center | Neel Anand |
| CA | Los Angeles | UCLA School of Medicine | Langston Holly |
| CA | Los Angeles | Cedars Sinai Medical Center | Burak Ozgur |
| CA | Los Angeles | Mark Spoonamore | |
| CA | San Diego | UCSD Orthopaedic Surgery | Steven Garfin |
| CA | San Diego | University of California San Diego Medical Center | Todd Allen |
| CA | San Diego | University of California San Diego Medical Center | Choll W. Kim, M.D. Ph.D. |
| CA | San Diego | Pediatric Orthopedic & Scoliosis Medical Group, Inc | Peter Newton |
| CA | San Diego | University of California San Diego Medical Center | Bill Taylor, M.D. |
| CA | San Francisco | UCSF | Praveen Mummanemi |
| CA | Santa Monica | Spine Institute of Santa Monica | Hyun Bae |
| CA | Santa Monica | UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital UCLA Medical Center | Larry Khoo, M.D. |
| CA | Santa Monica | UCLA Dept of Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery | Jeffrey Wang |
| CA | Stanford | Todd Alamin | |
| CA | Stanford | Stanford University | Stephen Ryu |
| CO | Durango | Durango Orthopedics/Spine Colorado | Jim Youssef |
| CO | Englewood | Colorado Comprehensive Spine Inst. | George Frey |
| CO | Greenwood | Denver Spine | David A. Wong |
| CT | New Haven | Yale University | James Yue |
| DC | Washington | Georgetown University | Faheem Sandhu |
| FL | Gainesville | University of Florida | Michael Mac Millan |
| FL | Jacksonville | Lyerly Neurosurgery | Andrew Cannestra |
| FL | Miami | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | Michael Wang |
| FL | Miami Beach | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Jonathan Hyde |
| FL | Ocala | Central Florida Spine Institute | James Paraiso |
| FL | Weston | Cleveland Clinic Florida | Isador Lieberman |
| GA | Atlanta | Emory Spine Center | John Rhee |
| IL | Chicago | Rush University | Harel Deutsch |
| IL | Chicago | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Rick Fessler, M.D. Ph.D. |
| IL | Chicago | Northwestern University | John C. Liu |
| IL | Chicago | Rush University Medical Center | John O'Toole |
| IL | Chicago | Rush University Medical Center | Frank Phillips, M.D. |
| IL | Chicago | Northwestern Memorial Hospital | James Schwender, M.D. |
| IL | Chicago | Northwestern University | John Song |
| IN | Indianapolis | Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital | Joseph Riina |
| MA | Boston | New England Baptist Hospital | Mitchell A. Hardenbrook |
| MA | Boston | Boston Medical Center Ortho Surgery | Tannoury Tony |
| MA | Needham | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital | Brian Kwon |
| MD | Baltimore | U of Maryland Dept of Orthopedics | Steven Ludwig |
| MD | Baltimore | Univ of Maryland & Shock Trauma Ctr | Kornelis Poelstra |
| MI | Ann Arbor | Unviersity of Michigan | Paul Park |
| MI | Southfield | Michigan Head and Spine Institute | Mick Perez-Cruet |
| MN | Minneapolis | University of Minnesota | David W. Polly |
| MN | Rochester | Mayo Clinic | Brad Currier |
| MO | Jefferson City | Spine Medwest Inc. | William Blake Rodgers |
| MO | St. Louis | Washington University In St. Louis | Paul Santiago |
| NC | Charlotte | Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates | Tim Adamson |
| NC | Durham | Duke University | Robert Isaacs |
| NS | Halifax | Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre | Sean Christie |
| NV | Las Vegas | William Smith | |
| NY | Johnson City | State University of New York | Khaud Sethi |
| NY | Syracuse | SUNY Upstate Medical Center | Hansen Yuan, M.D. |
| OH | Cincinnati | Mayfield Clinic | William Tobler |
| OH | Cleveland | Neuroscience Institute, Cleveland Clin | Thomas Mroz |
| Ontario | Toronto | UHN-Toronto Western Hospital | Y.R. Rampersaud |
| PA | Philadelphia | The Rothman Institute | D. Greg Anderson, M.D. |
| PA | Philadelphia | Shriner's Hospital for Children | Jahangir Asghar |
| PA | Philadelphia | Jefferson Medical College/ | Alan Hilibrand |
| TN | Memphis | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Kevin Foley, M.D. |
| TN | Nashville | Vanderbilt University | Kurt Eichholz |
| UT | Salt Lake City | University of Utah | Ken Yonemura |
| VA | Herndon | Commonwealth Orthopedics | Tushar Patel |
| VT | Rutland | Vermont Orthopedic Clinic | Matthew Zmurko |
| WA | Kirkland | Evergreen Medical Center | Reginald Knight |
| WA | Kirkland | Evergreen Surgery & Physicians Center | Jeffery Roh |
| WA | Seattle | University of Washington | Trent Tredway |
