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Spine Institute Foundation

Fellowship Training

The Spine Institute is committed to advancing the scope of knowledge and expertise in the treatment of neurological, musculoskeletal, and spinal diseases through innovative research, technology leadership and education of future physician and surgeon scientists.

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The Spine Foundation contributions to the profession, originating with J. Patrick Johnson, MD who has trained:

  • 73 Spine Surgery Fellows
  • 57 Neurosurgery Fellows
  • 19 Orthopedic Spine Fellows
  • 9 International Spine Surgery Fellows

Career Paths of former Spine Fellows trained by J. Patrick Johnson, MD include:

  • 20 Fellows in Academic and Research Positions
  • 7 hold Directorship titles at major teaching institutions (Stanford, Brown, Washington Univ, Mayo Clinic, UC-Irvine, UC-Davis)
  • 3 International Spine Fellows hold Directorship titles
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Alumni

FELLOWS TRAINED:

  • Jon S. Citow, MD (Illinois NS) 1993-94 (Assoc. Professor NS, University Illinois)
  • Roland A. Torres, MD (UC Davis NS) 1994-95 (Assoc. Professor NS, Stanford University)
  • Fernando Silva, MD (Loma Linda NS) 1995
  • Apurva Bhatty, MD (NS) 1995-96
  • Aaron G. Filler, MD (Washington NS) 1995-96 (Dept NS, Cedars Sinai Medical Center)
  • George A. Alsina, MD (Northwestern NS)1996-1997
  • Laura S. Paré, MD (Montreal Neurologic NS) 1996-1997 (Assoc. Professor NS UC-Irvine)
  • William Choi, MD (Montreal Neurologic NS 1997) (Asst Professor NS University of Colorado)
  • Jeffery E. Masciopinto, MD (Wisconsin NS) 1997-1998
  • Kee D. Kim, MD (UC Davis NS) 1997-1998 (Assoc. Professor NS UC-Davis)
  • Michael S.Hahn, MD (Med Coll NY NS) 1998-1999
  • Chinyere Obasi, MD (Western Ontario NS) 1999-2000
  • Jon Park, MD (Montreal Neurologic NS) 1999-2000 (Assoc. Professor NS, Stanford University)
  • Neill M. Wright, MD (Wash U NS) 2000-2001 (Assoc. Professor NS,Washington University)
  • Naresh P. Patel, MD (Mt Sinai NS) 2000-2001 (Assoc. Professor NS, Mayo Clinic)
  • Jae Lim, MD (UCLA NS) 2000-2001
  • John K. Stokes, MD (UNC NS) 2001-2002
  • Paul C. Liu, MD (OS) 2001-2002
  • Alan T. Villavicencio, MD (Duke NS)2001-2002
  • F. Clifford Roberson, MD (MCV NS) 2001-2002
  • Darren Bergey, MD (Loma Linda OS) 2002-2003 (Asst. Professor OS, Loma Linda University)
  • Mark Wolgin, MD (UCLA OS) 2002-2003
  • Firooz Amjadi, MD (OS) 2002-2003
  • Ali Abazari, MD (NS) 2002-2003 (Chief of Neurosurgery, Kaiser Fontana, CA)
  • Karin Swartz, MD (Wisconsin NS) 2003-2004 (Asst. Professor NS, University of Kentucky)
  • Saad Khairi, MD (UNC NS) 2003-2004 (Asst Professor NS, University of Indiana)
  • Chris Lycette, MD (UCLA NS) 2003-2004
  • Hamid Miraliakbar, MD (OS)2003-2004
  • S. Craig Meyer, MD (Missouri OS) 2003-2004
  • Toki Oyelese, MD (Stanford NS) 2004-2005 (Asst. Professor NS, Brown University)
  • Khawar Siddique, MD (Illinois NS) 2004-2005 (Dept NS, Cedars Sinai Medical Center)
  • John Hamilton, MD (Henry Ford NS) 2004-2005
  • Hooman Melamed, MD (Pitt OS) 2004-2005
  • Brian Perri, DO (Penn State OS) 2004-2005 (Dept Surgery OS, Cedars Sinai Medical Center)
  • Anthony Hadden, MD (Loma Linda NS) 2005-2006
  • Tooraj Gravori, MD (UCLA NS) 2005-2006
  • Edward Rustamzadeh, MD (Minnesota NS) 2005-2006 (Asst.Professor NS, Stanford University)
  • Mukesh Misra, MD (NS) 2005
  • Justin Paquette, MD (Tufts NS) 2005-2006
  • Stepan Kasimian, MD (USC OS) 2005-2006
  • Eli Baron, MD (Temple NS)2006-2007 (Dept NS, Cedars Sinai Medical Center)
  • Kevin Ammar, MD (UAB NS) 2006-2007
  • Ramin Rabbani, MD (Med Coll NY OS) 2006-2007
  • Samer Ghostine, MD (Loma Linda NS 2006-2007) (Asst Professor NS, UC Irvine)
  • Curt Freudenberger MD (Colorado OS) 2007-2008
  • Richard Wupperman MD (Vanderbilt OS) 2007-2008
  • Thai “ Ty” Thaiyanathan MD (Yale NS)2007-2008 (Assistant Professor NS, UC Irvine)
  • Paul Salinas, MD (Texas-Galveston NS) 2008-2009
  • Scott Schoeb, MD (Columbia Univ OS) 2008-2009
  • Terrence Kim, MD (U Maryland OS) 2008-present (Dept Surgery OS, Cedars Sinai Medical Center)
  • Samer Ghostine, MD (Loma Linda NS) 2008-present (Assistant Professor,NS, UC Irvine)
  • Stephen Scibelli, MD (Wake Forest NS) 2009-2010
  • Kamal Woods, MD (Loma Linda NS) 2009-2010 (Asst Professor NS, Loma Linda University)
  • Michael Turner, MD, PhD (Chicago NS 2010-present)
  • Joseph Hsieh, MD (Chicago NS 2011-present
  • Ali Shirzadi, MD (Texas-Galveston NS) 2012
  • Harvinder Bedi, MD (SUNY-Buffalo OS) 2011-2012
  • Mohammed Khan DO (Cook County Hospital NS) 2011-2012
  • Julian Mattiello, MD PhD (Chicago/Temple NS) 2013-2015
  • Phillip Rosenthal, MD (UCSF NS) 2012-2013
  • Sunil Jeswani, MD (Cedars Sinai NS) 2013-2014
  • Faris Shweikeh, MD (Northeast Ohio Medical University) 2014-2015
  • Zeeshan Zardar,( McGill University, Canada OS) 2014-2015
  • Andrea Simmonds MD (University of British Columbia, Canada OS) 2014-2015
  • Jason Cueller, MD (NYU OS) 2015-2016
  • Justin Millard, MD (Indiana University OS) 2015-2016
  • Paula Eboli, MD (Cedars Sinai NS) 2015-2016
  • Victor Lo MD (Univ Texas NS) 2016-2017
  • Chris Kong MD (Univ British Columbia, Canada OS) 2016- 2017
  • Jared Ament MD (UC Davis NS) 2016 – 2017
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS TRAINED:
  • William Choi, MD 1995-1997 (Montreal Neurologic Institute, Montreal, Canada)
  • Laura S. Paré, MD 1996-1997 (Montreal Neurologic Institute, Montreal Canada)
  • Alfredo Fuentes-Davila MD 1997-1998 (University of Lima, Chief of Neurosurgery, Lima, Peru)
  • Chinyere Obasi MD, 1999-2000 (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario)
  • Jon Park, MD 1999-2000 (Montreal Neurologic Instsitute, Montreal, Canada)
  • Nikolay Konovolov MD 2000-2001 (Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia)
  • Vadim Bikmullin MD 2001-2002 (St Petersburg Neurosurgery Institute, St Petersburg, Russia)
  • Zeeshan Zardar, OS 2014-2015 (McGill University, Canada)
  • Andrea Simmonds MD 2014-2015 (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Contact us for details: (310) 402-2442