SpineLine, the primary publication for North American Spine Society members, debuted its 20 Under 40" campaign in 2018 to highlight young physicians excelling in the field.
Physicians are chosen based on their professional accomplishments, community service and philosophy of care.
Here are the 60 spine specialists recognized by NASS, beginning with the most recent:
1. Barrett Woods, MD
2. Brian Coleman, DC
3. Daniel Kang, MD
4. Lloydine Jacobs, MD
5. Emily Putney, DO
6. Antonio Webb, MD
7. Heidi Hullinger, MD
8. Elizabeth Lord, MD
9. Tina Raman, MD
10. Nicholas Dea, MD
11. Owoicho Adogwa, MD
12. Andrew Trontis, MD
13. David Cheng, MD
14. Venita Simpson, MD
15. Bassel Diebo, MD
16. Danielle Sarno, MD
17. David Kaye, MD
18. Peter Derman, MD
19. Deeptee Jain, MD
20. Khoi Than, MD
21. Akhil Chhatre, MD
22. Christopher Cook, DO
23. Andrew Fabiano, MD
24. Norah Foster, MD
25. David Gendelberg, MD
26. Matthew Goodwin, MD, PhD
27. Kush Goyal, MD
28. Jeffrey Gum, MD
29. Isaac Karikari, MD
30. Jonathan Kirschner, MD
31. Karthik Madhavan, MD
32. Ankit Mehta, MD
33. Richard Menger, MD
34. Brian Neuman, MD
35. Martin Quirno, MD
36. Alexander Ropper, MD
37. Grant Shifflett, MD
38. Gbolabo Sokunbi, MD
39. Anand Veeravagu, MD
40. Corinna Zygourakis, MD
41. Jared Ament, MD
42. Brett Braly, MD
43. David Bumpass, MD
44. Berdale Colorado, DO
45. Chad Craig, MD
46. Dr. Areena D'Souza
47. Sandeep Nand Gidvani, MD
48. Christina Goldstein, MD
49. Gregory Gullung, MD
50. Ram Haddas, PhD
51. Clifford Houseman, DO
52. Samuel Joseph, MD
53. John Koerner, MD
54. Tobias Mattei, MD
55. Emmanuel Menga, MD
56. Chukwuka Okafor, MD
57. Kris Radcliff, MD
58. Andrew Schoenfeld, MD
59. Scott Wagner, MD
60. Elizabeth Yu, MD