Brandon Hirsch, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Phoenix-based The CORE Institute.

According to the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, orthopedic practices spend more than $33,000 per month per surgeon to maintain overhead in addition to ancillary, medical malpractice and capital expenditures.

Ched Nwagwu, MD, is a spine and neurosurgeon at White Plains-based Brain and Spine Surgeons of New York.

Jesse Even, MD, is a spine surgeon at TMI Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery in Arlington, Texas.

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Robert Banco, MD, is a spine surgeon at Boston Spine Care Group.

Elizabeth Lord, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at the University of California Los Angeles Health.

Stephen Goll, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Orlando (Fla.) Orthopaedic Center.

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Dominic Kleinhenz, MD, is a spine surgeon at Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics.

Nima Salari, MD, is a spine surgeon at Phoenix-based Desert Institute for Spine Care.

William Bruck, MD, is a spine surgeon at Dallas-based Carrell Clinic Spine Center.

Ali Mesiwala, MD, is a spine surgeon at Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports and Spine Center.

Hanbing Zhou, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Orthopedic Associates of Hartford (Conn.).

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HD LifeSciences today announced the expansion of its patent portfolio with the issuance of patent number US10,888,429 B2, Three-Dimensional Lattice Structures for Implants. 

John Rhee, MD, is a spine surgeon at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.

Neel P. Shah, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports and Spine Center.

Deeptee Jain, MD, is a spine surgeon at St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Nandan Lad, MD, PhD, is a spine and neurosurgeon at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health.