Leadership

J. Patrick Johnson, MD, MS, FAANS, FACS

President and CEO, Spine Institute Foundation

Dr. J. Patrick Johnson is a world renowned neurosurgeon in Los Angeles known as one of the premier Spinal Neurosurgeons in the field considering his expertise and skills as a surgeon, researcher, innovator and educator. ..Read More

Terrence T. Kim, M.D.

Director of Education, Spine Fellowship Training Program

Dr Terrence “TK” Kim is a highly experienced and renowned spinal surgeon and has an important leadership position in the Spine Institute Foundation (SIF) as Director of Education and Spine Fellowship Training program...Read More

Dr. Doniel Drazin, M.D.

Adjunct Clinical Faculty

Dr. Doniel G. Drazin has a longstanding relationship with the Spine Institute Foundation (SIF) as a neurosurgical residency trainee while at Cedars Sinai and now as a Foundation member...Read More

Eli M. Baron, M.D.

Director, Spine Trauma

Dr. Eli Baron has been an outstanding contributor and member of the Spine Institute Foundation (SIF) as a Spine Fellow at Cedars Sinai and now a highly regarded complex spinal surgeon and neurosurgeon at Cedars Sinai...Read More

Christopher Zarembinski, M.D.

Founding Director, Cedars-Sinai Pain Center

Christopher Zarembinski, M.D. is an attending physician at the Pain Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Specializing in anesthesiology, he has practiced at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for the past 33 years...Read More

Samer “Sam” Ghostine, M.D.

Clinical Professor

Sam Ghostine, M.D. is Clinical Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery and Director of Neuroscience at Riverside Community Hospital (RCH) and the UC Riverside School of Medicine...Read More

Thomas C. Apostle, D.O.

Attending Physician

Dr Apostle is attending physician in the Department of Physical Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars Sinai Medical Center...Read More

Marshall Grode, M.D.

Clinical Chief Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, CSMC

Dr Marshall Grode has served as an active member of the Spine Institute Foundation (SIF) since and before its inception as a valued advisor helping navigate the complex world we live in...Read More