Here are 82 spine and neurosurgeon moves in 2018 by state.
Alabama
Charles Gordon Jr., MD, joined Baldwin Bone & Joint in Daphne.
Alaska
Gene A. Falkowski Jr., DO, joined Anchorage Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic.
Arkansas
North Little Rock-based Arkansas Surgical Hospital welcomed Phillip Porcelli, DO.
Neurosurgeons James Arthur, MD, and Justin Dowdy, MD, joined CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs.
Fayetteville-based Washington Regional's Northwest Arkansas Neuroscience Institute welcomed neurosurgeon Daniel Shepherd, MD.
California
Sacramento-based UC Davis Health welcomed Griffith Harsh IV, MD, to its team as neurosurgery department chief.
Redding-based Shasta Orthopaedics welcomed neurosurgeon Kimberly Page, MD.
Jared Ament, MD, joined Los Angeles-based Sierra Neuroscience Institute.
Timothy Peppers, MD, and Jamieson Glenn, MD, joined the orthopedic surgery division at Scripps Clinic in San Diego.
The California Institute of Neuroscience in Thousand Oaks hired neurosurgeon Sean Xin, DO.
Colorado
Kirk Clifford, MD, and James Gebhard, MD, joined Community Hospital in Grand Junction.
Boulder-based BoulderCentre for Orthopedics welcomed Benjamin Bjerke, MD.
Delaware
Orthopaedic Associates of Southern Delaware in Lewes welcomed spine surgeon Abimbola Afolabi, MD.
Florida
Howard Sharf, MD, joined Sarasota Orthopedic Associates.
Roderick Claybrooks, MD, joined Tampa-based BioSpine Institute.
Roland Torres, MD, joined the University of Miami Health System.
Boca Raton Regional Hospital welcomed Timothy Miller Jr., MD, to its Marcus Neuroscience Institute.
Drew Brown, MD, joined the Laser Spine Institute in Tampa.
Jahangir (John) Asghar, MD, joined the Cantor Spine Institute in Fort Lauderdale.
Plantation-based Spine & Orthopedic Center added Anup Gangavalli, MD, to its team.
Georgia
Justin S. Whitlow, MD, joined Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Neurosciences.
Atlanta-based Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center welcomed Eli Garrard, MD, to its Johns Creek location.
Hawaii
Honolulu-based Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center welcomed Ramesh Kumar, MD.
Illinois
Beejal Amin, MD, and Tamir Hersonskey, MD, joined Chicago-based Presence Medical Group's new neurosurgery practice in Plainfield.
Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care welcomed Demetrius Lopes, MD, to the Advocate Brain & Spine Institute.
OrthoIllinois, based in Algonquin, welcomed Tom Stanley, MD.
Iowa
Dakota Dunes, S.D.-based CNOS neurosurgeon Matthew Johnson, MD, began a monthly clinic at Cherokee (Iowa) Regional Medical Center.
Kansas
Spine surgeon Max Franco De Carvalho, MD, joined HaysMed of the University of Kansas Health System in Hays.
Kentucky
The University of Louisville welcomed Norberto Andaluz, MD, Dale Ding, MD, and Emily Payne Sieg, MD, to its neurosurgery department.
Maine
Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine, welcomed Nicolas Arredondo, MD, to its staff at Maine Spine Surgery.
Bangor-based Eastern Maine Medical Center Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists welcomed neurosurgeon Rudy Marciano, DO.
Massachusetts
Marie Roguski, MD, joined MelroseWakefield Hospital in Melrose.
Nevada
Neurosurgeon G. Logan Douds, MD, now offers spinal surgery services at Henderson-based Coronado Surgical Recovery Suites.
New Jersey
Former Louisiana State University Health Shreveport department of neurosurgery Chairman Anil Nanda, MD, left the hospital to join Rutgers New Jersey School of Medicine in Newark.
Howard Yeon, MD, joined Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute's new Montvale, N.J., location.
James Dwyer, MD, opened Spine/RX in Hoboken. He will lead the practice.
Tamif Tawfik, MD, joined Brick-based Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center.
New York
New York City-based Datta Endoscopic Back Surgery and Pain Center welcomed Francis A. Pflum, MD, and Sunil Kukreja, MD.
Nicholas Qandah, DO, opened a private practice in Canton.
Binghamton-based UHS Health System welcomed Adesh Tandon, MD, to its neurosurgery department.
Andrew Cappuccino, MD, joined Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.
Lowville-based Lewis County General Hospital welcomed Nicholas Qandah, DO.
Maria Peris-Celda, MD, joined Albany Meds' neurosurgery department.
North Carolina
Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Hospital surgeon Eric Deshaies, MD, left the hospital to direct a spine program in Charlotte.
Hickory-based Frye Regional Medical Center hired neurosurgeon Akram Mahmoud, DO.
Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville welcomed Jordan Glaser, MD, to its team.
Jeffrey Beecher, DO, joined Wilmington-based Atlantic Neurosurgical & Spine Specialists.
Gerald Zupruk, MD, joined Winston-Salem-based Novant Health Brain and Spine Surgery's new office in Thomasville.
North Dakota
Jason Kelly, MD, joined Fargo-based Essentia Health-32nd Avenue Clinic.
Ohio
Paul Eichenseer, DO, joined OrthoNeuro in Columbus.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's neurosurgery department Chairman Joseph Cheng, MD, recruited:
- Charles Prestigiacomo, MD
- Nicholas Marko, MD
- Juan Torres-Reveron, MD, PhD
- Jonathan Forbes, MD
- Rani Nasser, MD
- Matthew Garrett, MD, PhD
Cincinnati-based The Jewish Hospital welcomed neurosurgeon Yair Gozal, MD, PhD, to its brain tumor cancer team.
Abbas Bahari, MD, joined Toledo-based ProMedica Physicians.
Oregon
Priscilla Pang, MD, joined The Center Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Care & Research in Bend.
Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services welcomed Yaw Sarpong, MD, to Samaritan Neurosurgery in Corvallis.
Pennsylvania
Keith Wilkey, MD, joined Bradford Regional Medical Center.
Wilkes-Barre-based Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center welcomed Gregory Weiner, MD.
Williamsport-based UPMC Susquehanna welcomed Georgios Klironomos, MD.
Philip Hlavac, MD, joined UPMC Susquehanna in Williamsport.
St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem welcomed Roy Hwang, MD.
Tennessee
Nashville-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance welcomed Abiola Atanda, MD, to its Murfreesboro-based location.
David Wiles, MD, joined Chattanooga-based Parkridge Medical Center.
Texas
The Laredo Medical Center welcomed neurosurgeon Scott Robertson, MD.
Zachary Lovato, DO, joined El Paso Specialty Hospital.
Brian Gengler, MD, joined Precision Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Irving.
Virginia
Norfolk-based Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters added Kimberly Mackey, MD, to its neurosurgery team.
Reston-based Virginia Spine Institute welcomed Ehsan Jazini, MD.
Washington
Kirkland-based EvergreenHealth Spine and Neurosurgical Care added Emun Abdu, MD, to the team.
Alex Mohit, MD, PhD, joined Puyallup-based NeoSpine.
Wisconsin
Mark Dekutoski, MD, joined the Marshfield Clinic Eau Claire Center's orthopedic surgery department.