Here are 11 spine surgeons and physicians that hospitals, health systems and practices have added to their staff that Becker's has reported on since the start of 2024:
1. Pedro Aguilar, MD, and Eric Chamberlin, MD, joined WVU Medicine Uniontown (Pa.) Hospital's Orthopedics & Spine Center.
2. LMH Health in Lawrence, Kan., added Hemil Maniar, MD.
3. Carolina Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center in Gastonia, N.C., added interventional spine physician Lauren Mogk, DO.
4. EmergeOrtho Triangle Region in Durham, N.C., added Ryan McCarter, MD, an interventional spine specialist.
5. Spine surgeon Gannon Randolph, MD, joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Lowell.
6. Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance in Nashville added spine surgeon Jason Smith, MD.
7. Donald Staggs, MD, joined Cincinnati-based Mayfield Brain & Spine as part of a collaboration between the practice and Mercy Health.
8. Aspen Mountain Medical Center in Rock Springs, Wyo., added spine surgeon Daniel Possley, DO.
9. Spine surgeon William Kunkle, DO, joined Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Florida Healthcare.
10. Augustus "AJ" Rush III, MD, joined Plano-based Texas Spine Consultants.