Spine Surgeons:

1. Dr. Ahmet Alanay – Spine surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Paediatric and Adult Spinal Disorders, Istanbul, Turkey 

2. Dr. Bob Cho – Spine surgeon, Chief of Staff, Shriners For Children Medical Center, San Diego, USA  

3. Dr. Amer Samdani –  Neurosurgeon, Spine surgeon, Chief of Surgery, Shriners Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, USA  

4. Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Olaverri – Spine surgeon, Director of Early Onset Scoliosis, NYU Langone Health, New York, USA

5. Dr. Firoz Miyanji – Spine surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, BC Children’s Hospital, Canada 

6. Dr. Peter Newton – Spine Surgeon, Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, USA  h

7. Dr. Laurel Blakemore – Spine Surgeon, Pediatric Specialists of Virginia

8. Dr. Tony Herring – Spine Surgeon, Chief of Staff Emeritus, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, USA 

9. Dr. Baron Lonner – Spine surgeon, Chief of Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC, USA 

10. Dr. Randal Betz – Institute for Spine and Scoliosis, New Jersey, USA  

11. Dr. Jason Bernard – Spine Surgeon, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK  

12. Dr. Kevin Smit – Spine Surgeon, CHEO, Ottawa, Canada 

13. Dr. Yizhar Floman – Spine Surgeon, ApiFix, Tel Aviv, Israel 

14. Dr. Moyo Kruyt – Spine Surgeon, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands  

15. Dr. Ron El-Hawary – Spine Surgeon, Nova Scotia, Canada  

16. Dr. Noelle Larson – Spine Surgeon, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA  

17. Dr. Per Trobisch – Spine surgeon, Chefarzt Spine Center Simmerath & Frankfurt, Germany 

18. Dr. Daniel Hoernschemeyer – Missouri Orthopedic Institute & Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, USA 

19. Dr. Darryl Antonacci – Spine Surgeon, Institute for Spine and Scoliosis, New Jersey, USA 

20. Dr. Laury Cuddihy – Spine Surgeon, Institute for Spine and Scoliosis, New Jersey, USA 

21. Dr. John Braun – Spine Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

22. Dr. Ryan Goodwin – Spine Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 

23. Dr. Michelle Welborn – Spine Surgeon, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, USA 

24. Dr. Joshua Pahys and Dr. Steven Hwang, Spine Surgeon and Neurologist, Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, 

25. Dr. Sajan Hegde, Spine Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals, India 

26. Dr. Suken Shah, Spine Surgeon, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Division Chief | Spine & Scoliosis Center | Nemours Children's Hospital - Delaware, USA

27. Dr. Pedro Berjano, Spine Surgeon, Chair of the GSpine 4 Department of the Galeazzi Orthopaedic Hospital Milan, Italy

28. Dr. Stuart Weinstein, Spine Surgeon, University of Iowa, USA

29. Dr. James O. Sanders, Spine Surgeon, Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNC School of Medicine, USA

30. Dr. Caglar Yilgor, Spine Surgeon, Paediatric and Adult Spinal Disorders, Istanbul, Turkey 

31. Dr. Michael Vitale, Spine Surgeon, Ana Lucia Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Vice Chair, Quality and Strategy, Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, USA

32. Dr. Kadir Abul, Spine Surgeon, Orthopedics and Traumatology department of Pine and Sakura City Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

33. Dr. Jean Ouellet, Spine Surgeon, Clinical Professor of Paediatric Surgery and Chief of McGill Scoliosis Spine Group at McGill University Health Center

34. Dr. Jose Mineiro, Spine Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University Hospital Santa Maria, Head of the Orthopaedic Department and Spine Unit– Hospital CUF Descobertas,Head of the Paediatric Spine Unit - Hospital Dª Estefania, all in Lisboon Portugal.

35. Megan Johnson, Spine Surgeon, Associate Professor Orthopedics, University of Texas SouthwesterAssn Medical Center
    Medical Director of Ambulatory Care, Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, Texas

36. Dr. Paul Sponseller, Spine Surgeon, Professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and serves as chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

37. Dr. David Skaggs, Spine Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Director of Spine, Director of Pediatric Orthopedics, Executive Vice Chair of Orthopedics at Cedars Sinai Spine

38. Dr. Waleed Kishta, Spine Surgeon, Associate Professor and Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Head of Orthopaedics at McMaster University Medical Center, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

39. Dr. Izzy Lieberman, Spine Surgeon, Director of the scoliosis and spine tumor program at the Texas Back Institute

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Orthotists:

• Dr. Manuel Rigo – Rigo Cheneau Brace/Schroth, Barcelona, Spain  

• Luke Stikeleather – Orthotist/Bracing, National Scoliosis Centers, Virginia, USA 

• Piotr Duma – Orthotist/Bracing, Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada

• Walter Ramos – Orthotist/Bracing, National Scoliosis Centers, Virginia, USA   

Physiotherapist:

• Andrea Lebel – Physiotherapist specializing in scoliosis, Ottawa, Canada 

• Dr. Hagit Berdishevsky - NYC Schorth, USA and Israel

• Nikos Karavidas, PT, PSSE-Schroth Method - Schroth Scoliosis & Spine Clinic in Athens, Greece

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Scoliosis Research:

• Dr. Carl-Eric Aubin – PhD, University of Montreal, Canada  

• Dr. Michelle Welborn – Spine Surgeon, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, USA

YouTube Playlists:

• Scoliosis Spine Surgeons Interviews  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfyUArn76Mvg6Z4Tvt3L9xnM3ZPsrGV3J

• Scoliosis Bracing and Orthotists  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfyUArn76MviAzFZIXu5Nm6_taLjFBV9t

• Scoliosis Researchers  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfyUArn76Mvgb8lOT2Vl9jvmkU8YedG1Z

• Scoliosis Specific Physiotherapy Exercises https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfyUArn76Mvi1yqoyEvJIEkMNf7OTG5eB

How to use these videos?  Click on the button below for my Scoliosis SELF-NAVigating Guide.

Enjoy and get educated!

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Dr. Derek Lee