In June, Newsweek released its annual list of the 150 best spine surgeons in the U.S. for 2024.
The news outlet compiled the ranking of surgeons using Medicare data that evaluated a quality-of-care rating by peers of each spine surgeon and a consideration of their American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery certifications.
Here are the top spine surgeons in the Midwest in 2024:
Note: The Midwest is defined as Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin, per the U.S. Census Bureau.
Mark Adams, MD, Covenant Medical Center (Saginaw, Mich.)
Bradley D Ahlgren, MD, Beaumont Hospital Troy (Mich.)
Gregory Balturshot, MD, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)
Peter Bono, DO, Ascension Providence Hospital (Southfield, Mich.)
Daniel Fahim, MD, Beaumont Hospital- Royal Oak (Mich.)
Jeremy Fogelson, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester (Minn.)
Christopher Furey, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
M J J Clarke, MD, Mayo Clinic - Rochester (Minn.)
Jad Khalil, MD, Corewell Health Taylor (Mich.) Hospital
Anis Mekhail, MD, Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital (Palos Heights, Ill.)
Mark Mikhael, MD, Evanston (Ill.) Hospital
Thomas Mroz, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Michael Musacchio, MD, Endeavor Health Skokie (Ill.) Hospital
Daniel Park, MD, Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak (Mich.)
Alpesh Patel, MD, Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Brandon Rebholz, MD, Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Sean Salehi, MD, Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital
Chintan Suren Sampat, MD, Silver Cross Hospital (New Lenox, Ill.)
Jason Savage, MD, Cleveland Clinic
Gary Shapiro, MD, Evanston (Ill.) Hospital
Noam Stadlan, MD, Endeavor Health Skokie (Ill.) Hospital
Thomas Wascher, MD, Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh (Wis.)