Taro Kaibara, MD, had unique training during his residency at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine in Canada.

Saqib Hasan, MD, of Oakland, Calif.-based Webster Orthopedics, is the first fellowship-trained full-endoscopic spine surgeon in the U.S.

Robert Bray Jr., MD, is a spinal neurosurgeon who is well known for his work with minimally invasive spine surgery.

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Randall Hlubek, MD, became interested in medicine after interning with a prosthetics company in high school.

Ira Garonzik, MD, founded the Baltimore Neurosurgery and Spine Center in 2005 and holds leadership positions at Sinai Hospital and Northwest Hospital, both in Baltimore.

Ryan Schnetzer, MD, is both an accomplished spine surgeon and athlete.

A physician appointed to a board of trustees in Florida and nine more spine surgeons to know:

"Refuse to fuse" is a motto Scott Blumenthal, MD, lives by.

Kenneth Nwosu, MD, is a spine surgeon who works in Puyallup and Burien, Wash.

Richard Menger, MD, has been a leading researcher on the intersection between economic policy and spine surgery.

A physician who marked a milestone in image-guided surgery and nine more spine surgeons to know:

Andrew Trontis, MD, a spine fellow at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Spine Center made waves early in his career.

Ara Deukmedjian, MD, has extensive experience having performed more than 2,000 cervical decompressive discectomies, treating more than 1,000 herniated or degenerated discs and doing more than 300 laser spine surgeries.

Peter Syre, MD, of Salida, Colo.-based Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center has big plans for the hospital's spine program.

Brian Gantwerker, MD, is an active member of the North American Spine Society and was recognized for his advocacy efforts in spine surgery.

Justin Bundy, MD, of Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga., has been a leader in augmented-reality spine surgery.

Christopher Glattes, MD, a spine surgeon at Nashville, Tenn.-based Elite Sports Medicine + Orthopedics, grew up with a mother who was a surgical scrub nurse.

A spine surgeon who performed a unique approach to a spinal fusion and nine more surgeons to know:

Emily Putney, DO, specializes in a variety of spine conditions from cervical and lumbar stenosis to scoliosis and disc herniation at Coastal Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla.