The Midwest is home to some of the best hospitals and health systems in the nation, and that holds true for spine surgery.
Following are 30+ spine surgeons leading seven of the Midwest's top hospitals for spine surgery, according to Healthgrades' 2022 ranking.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Please reach out to mrobertson@beckershealthcare.com with any information on qualifying physicians that were not initially included.
HSHS St. John's Hospital (Springfield, Ill.)
1. Christopher Graves, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
2. Timothy Vanfleet, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
MercyHealth Javon Bea Hospital - Rockton (Rockford, Ill.)
3. Brian Braaksma, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
4. Michael Roh, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center (Rockford, Ill.)
5. Brian Braaksma, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
6. Michael Roh, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
7. John Dietz Jr., MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
8. Jeffrey Konopka, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
9. Michael McCarthy, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
10. Justin Miller, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
11. Gregory Poulter, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
12. Eduardo Beauchamp, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
13. Bayard Carlson, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
14. Timothy Garvey, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
15. Amir Mehbod, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
16. Benjamin Mueller, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
17. Kevin Mullaney, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
18. Joseph Perra, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
19. Manuel Pinto, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
20. James Schwender, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
21. Eiman Shafa, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
22. Ensor Transfeldt, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
St. Luke's Hospital (Chesterfield, Mo.)
23. Michael Boland, MD. Neurologic spine surgeon
24. Michael Chabot, DO. Orthopedic spine surgeon
25. James Coyle, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
26. Sarah Fouke, MD. Neurologic spine surgeon
27. Stephen Johans, MD. Neurologic spine surgeon
28. Daniel Kitchens, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
29. David Minges, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
30. Rhoderic Mirkin, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
31. Christopher O'Boynick, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
32. Michael Polinsky, MD. Neurologic spine surgeon
33. Scott Purvines, MD. Neurologic spine surgeon
34. David Raskas, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
35. Kevin Rutz, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon
36. Eric Sincoff, MD. Neurologic spine surgeon
37. Andrew Youkilis, MD. Neurologic spine surgeon
Mercy Health - Lorain (Ohio) Hospital
38. Robert Berkowitz, MD. Orthopedic spine surgeon