NASS Congratulates Members Completing Training
NASS has long been a beacon of professional development and innovation. With members ranging from orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons to physiatrists, pain management specialists, and researchers, NASS embodies a comprehensive approach to spine health. It is with great pride that we extend our heartfelt congratulations to the latest cohort of NASS members who have completed their training between January and June 2024. This significant milestone marks not only the culmination of years of dedication and hard work but also the beginning of a promising journey in advancing the field of spine care. These new professionals are poised to contribute their diverse expertise to improving patient outcomes and furthering the mission of NASS.
January 2024
Rizwan Alvi, MD Palmetto Bay, FL
Badr Arjdal, MD Marrakech, Morocco
Erika Chiapparelli, MD New York, NY
Clare Griffis, MD Suffolk, VA
Eva Jacobs, MD, PhD Maastricht, Netherlands
Rohit Akshay Kavishwar, MS, DNB Singapore
Maisa Rouzer, APRN Kirkland, WA
Ashwin Seevsagath, MD, MBChB Cape Town, South Africa
Changli Zhang, PhD Decatur, GA
February 2024
Adrian Abrego Salinas, MD Azcapotzalco, Mexico
Cesar Adan Almendarez Sanchez, MD Obregon, Mexico
Manuel Ambrosio Vicente, MD Morelia, Mexico
Hee-Woong Chung, MD Suwon, South Korea
Luis Corral Carmona, MD Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Daniel Dautan, PhD Stockholm, Sweden
Walid El Nawawy, M.Ch Alexandria, Egypt
Mohamed Elkazaz, MBBS, MSc Ismailia, Egypt
Fre Hadera, MD Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Raul Hernandez, MD Puebla, Mexico
Luis Eduardo Hernandez Rivera, MD Xalapa, Mexico
Mohammed Kacimi-Alaoui, MD Fes, Morocco
Ahmet Karagoz, MD Istanbul, Turkey
Erick Maldonado Perez, MDIrapuato, Mexico
Rogelio Nava Esquivel, MD Morelia, Mexico
Lucy Ivonne Perez Avila, MD La Paz, Bolivia
Cristian Pinzon Largo, PhD Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico
Job Jesus Rodriguez Hernandez, MD Mexico City, Mexico
Alexandra Rukstelo, DO Napa, CA
Jose Sanchez, MD Acapulco, Mexico
Christian Stoettrup, MD Odense SV, Denmark
Abrahan Tafur Grandett, MD Monterrey, Mexico
Alejandro Villasenor-Maldonado, MD Tepatitlan de Morelos Jalisco, Mexico
March 2024
Jose Barrera Nino, MD Monterrey, Mexico
Hyeok Chang, MD Seoul, South Korea
Nikhil Goyal, MBBS, MS Rishikesh, India
Benjamin Lynn, DC San Jose, CA
Zita Elizabeth Salazar Ramirez, MD Ciudad Madero, Mexico
Wilson Tran, PT San Gabriel, CA
April 2024
Alex Bak, MD Toronto, Canada
Ali Haider Bangash, MBBS Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Fernando Carrillo, MD Queretaro, Mexico
Daniel Farivar, MD Los Angeles, CA
Sara Lener, MD Innsbruck, Austria
Kalaventhan Pathinathan, MBBS Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Anitha Praveen, PhD Singapore
Annette Purdy, DC San Jose, CA
Mifrah Sherwani, MBBS Karachi, Pakistan
May 2024
Umaru Barrie, BS Dallas, TX
Joanne Bohn, DC Aguadilla, PR
Daniel Bonthius, MD, PhD Charleston, SC
Bukar Bunu, MBB Maiduguri, Nigeria
Allen Chi Glen Allen, VA
Kevin Cordeiro Madison, WI
Andrew Cramer, DO Youngstown, OH
Matthew D'Ambrosio, DO Jersey City, NJ
Meera Dhodapkar New Haven, CT
Calista Dominy, MD New York City, NY
Julia Duvall Boston, MA
Trent Edwards, MD Cincinnati, OH
Ethan Faye, BA Los Angeles, CA
Alex Fazioli, BS New Castle, PA
Dante Gonzalez, MD Lombard, IL
Elaine Hatch, MD Philadelphia, PA
Jakob Hax, MD Zurich, Switzerland
Jeremy Heard, BS, MA Philadelphia, PA
Shanna Horne Kingsport, TN
Graham Johnson, MD, PhD Nashville, TN
Tyler Johnston, DPT Winston Salem, NC
Alex Jung, BS Staten Island, NY
Alex Keister, BS Columbus, OH
Oscar Krol, MD Brooklyn, NY
Ahmad Lasheen South Sinai, El-Tor, Egypt
John Leach, MD Sunrise, FL
Vijay Kumar Loya, MBBS, MS, DNB Hyderabad, India
Arushi Mahajan, BS Cleveland, OH
Mark McClure Birmingham, AL
Vemmy Metsutnan Roanoke, VA
Kevin Moattari, BS, MD, PhD Brooklyn, NY
James Nie, BS Chicago, IL
James Peterson, MD Grand Rapids, MI
Joshua Pezzulo, BS Philadelphia, PA
Kenneth Richardson, BS Miami, FL
Milanys Rivera, DC Guaynabo, PR
Andrew Rosso Liverpool, NY
Yong Shen New York, NY
Zachary Sokol, MA, BA Fountain Hill, PA
Lauren Stimson, MD Ferndale, MI
Thanadol Tangdamrongtham, MD Siracha, Thailand
Naveed Tariq Melville, NY
Fazal Thottiyil, MS, DNB, MBBS Kottakkal, India
Andy Ton, BS Culver City, CA
Luis Torres, BS Chicago, IL
Daniel Touhey, BA Saint Louis, MO
Felix Toussaint Livingston, NJ
Brandon Weiss, BS Erie, PA
Jestin Williams, MD New Orleans, LA
Tyree Williams, BA, MEng Bronx, NY
Jong-yun Woo, MD, PhD River Edge, NJ
Petro Zaroukian, BS Madison, WI
June 2024
Zachary Abbott, DO Denver, CO
Arjang Ahmadpour, MD Chicago, IL
Oluwaseun Akinduro, MD Jacksonville, FL
Abdulrahman Albakr, MD Calgary, Canada
Abdulrahman Alboog, MBBS, MPH London, Canada
Salman Aldakhil, MD Sherbrooke, Canada
Khalid AlHarbi, MBBS Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fahad Alotaibi, MD Toronto, Canada
Abdulmajeed Alsabr Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Bejan Alvandi, MD Fair Oaks, CA
Paul Alvarez, MD Columbus, OH
Prarthan Amin, MS, MBBS Toronto, Canada
Muhammad Amjad, DO Spokane, WA
Alpha Anders, MD New Orleans, LA
Jesse Anderson, DC Rochester, NY
Fares Ani, MD Holmdel, NJ
Adam Archie, MD Ft Worth, TX
Suzette Arias, MD, MS San Juan, PR
Varun Arvind, MD, PhD New York, NY
Ahmed Awad, MD Milwaukee, WI
Melissa Baker, BS Brooklyn, NY
Mike Bao, MD Boston, MA
Kristina Barber, MD Denver, CO
Stephen Barchick, MD Philadelphia, PA
Daniyal Bashir, MD Saginaw, MI
David Ben-Israel, MD, MA Charlottesville, VA
James Berry, DO Beaumont, CA
Katherine Berry, MD Miami, FL
Seth Bires, DO, MS Chicago, IL
Benjamin Birney, MD Rocky Point, NY
Luis A Bisbal Matos, MD Canovanas, PR
Christopher Bonilla, MD Seattle, WA
Rabih Bou Nassif, MD New York, NY
Michael Bova, MD Charlottesville, VA
Douglas Bryant, MD Nashville, TN
Lindsay Burke, MD Denver, CO
Nathan Camp, MD Ontario, CA
Dennis Caruana, MD New Haven, CT
James Caruso, MD Dallas, TX
Julie Chan, MD, Ph Burlington, MA
Albert Chang, MD Evanston, IL
Zyad Chaudhary, MD Las Vegas, NV
Benjamin Childs, MD El Paso, TX
Angel Chinea Vicente, MD Tampa, FL
Darryl Chow, MD Taylor, MI
Winward Choy, MD San Francisco, CA
Chad Claus, DO Beverly Hills, MI
Michael Colello, MD Greenville, SC
Michelle Copley, MD Seattle, WA
Gregory Cox, MD Saint Louis, MO
Zachary Crawford, MD, PharmD West Chester, OH
Burke Crawford, DO Wheaton, IL
Michael Crimmins, MD Brooklyn, NY
Lorenzo Crowell, DO Winterville, NC
Matthew Darlow, MD New Orleans, LA
Michael Davis, DO, MS Los Angeles, CA
Rafael De la Garza Ramos, MD Bronx, NY
Kaylie Dean, DO Rochester, MN
Rajiv Dharnipragada, BA Medina, MN
Kaitlin Dick, DC Culver City, CA
Zachary Diltz, MD Memphis, TN
Ahmed Doomi, MD, FRCS Tamarac, FL
Alexander Doubek, DO Holt, MI
James Ebot, DO, MS Jacksonville, FL
Mariana Elizondo Alatorre Monterrey, Mexico
Trevor Ellico, DO Seattle, WA
S. Harrison Farber, MD Phoenix, AZ
Tahreem Fatima, MBBS Lahore, Pakistan
Joanna Faughender, DO, MS Philadelphia, PA
Evan Fene, MD Dallas, TX
Michael Fice, BS Chicago, IL
Derek Fitzgerald, MD Washington, DC
Alexandra Flaherty, MS, BS Galveston, TX
Jacob Fleming, MD Edmond, OK
Ryan Flowers, DO Arlington, TX
Daniel Franco, MD Philadelphia, PA
John Gallagher, MD, MS Reading, PA
Jigar Gandhi, MD, Pharm Voorhees, NJ
Roxana Garcia, MD, MP Mountain View, CA
Jonathan Garfinkel, MD Albany, NY
Jonathan Garst, MD Peoria, IL
William Gensler, MD Albuquerque, NM
Jacob Goldberg, MD New York, NY
Andrew Goldblum, DO Columbia, MO
Jonathan Gomez, MD Hollywood, FL
Jeffrey Gonzalez, ATC, DC Dorado, PR
Dylan Goodrich, MD Sacramento, CA
Daryl Granger, DO, BA Merrick, NY
Hannah Groff, DO East Meadow, NY
Daniel Haber, MD Philadelphia, PA
Muhamed Hadzipasic, MD, PhD Boston, MA
Sameah Haider, MD, MBA Miami, FL
Scott Halperin, BS Philadelphia, PA
Peter Harimtepathip, MD Smyrna, GA
Netanja Harlianto, MD Utrecht, Netherlands
Brandon Hassid, MD New York, NY
Jacob Hattenbach, DO Ann Arbor, MI
Eric Heckelmann, MD Edison, NJ
Devan Higginbotham, MD Troy, MI
William Hill, MD Los Angeles, CA
Katherine Hill, MD Akron, OH
Travis Hill, MD, PhD Montvale, NJ
Johnson Ho, MD Edison, NJ
Douglas Hunter, MD Clifton Park, NY
Matthew Igbinigie , MD Dallas, TX
Rebecca Itskevich, DO York, PA
Jake Jasinski, DO Southfield, MI
Philip Johnson, MD White Plains, NY
Michael Johnston, MA, MD Liberty Lake, WA
Jeremy Jones, MD Scottsdale, AZ
Eric Jonswold, DO Omaha, NE
Brendan Judy, MD Baltimore, MD
Tejas Karnati, MD Sacramento, CA
Brian Kassa, DO Royal Oak, MI
Syed Faraz Kazim, MD, PhD Albuquerque, NM
Chris Keener, DO Lakewood Ranch, FL
Benjamin Kestenbaum, DO Miami, FL
Sam Kimmell, DO Louisville, KY
Jyotsna Koduri, MD Kansas City, MO
Lanah Koh, DO Albuquerque, NM
Mark Kraemer, MD Madison, WI
Kevin Kumar, MD, PhD Stanford, CA
Jordan Kump, MD Boston, MA
Bestin Kuriakose, DO Plainview, NY
Lawrence Lai, MD, MS Newark, DE
Collin Lamba, MD Huntington, WV
Tomi Lanre-Amos, MD New York, NY
Austin Le, MD Salt Lake City, UT
James Lee, MD Lebanon, NH
Vincent Lee, DO White Plains, NY
Andrew Leggett, MD Montclair, NJ
Kenneth Leong, MD White Plains, NY
Jordon Limsky, DO, MBA Columbia, MD
Felipe Lopez, MD Santiago, Chile
Jesse Lou, MD Royal Oak, MI
Ryan Lowder, BA Los Angeles, CA
Danny Mangual, MD, MEng Carolina, PR
Ryan Mathern, MD Pawleys Island, SC
David Mazur-Hart, MD San Francisco, CA
Jason McAloon, DO Rolling Meadows, IL
Robert McCabe, DO, BS Highland Park, MI
Amber McDermott, DO Massillon, OH
Michael Melson, MD Chapel Hill, NC
Campbell Miller, DO Salt Lake City, UT
Emily Mills, MD Los Angeles, CA
Rida Mitha, MBBS Pittsburgh, PA
Taylor Moore, DO, DC, MS Friendswood, TX
Kit Moran, MD Halifax, Canada
Kelly Murphy, MD Charlotte, NC
Jennifer Murphy, DO, MS Lexington, KY
Farah Musharbash, MD Baltimore, MD
Sargoon Nepaul, MD Bowie, MD
Linh Ngo, DO, MS Fort Worth, TX
Aria Nouri, MD, MSc Richmond Hill, Canada
Ikenna Nwachuku, MD— Angeles, CA
Kotomi Obayashi, DO Columbia, MO
Michael O'Brien, MD Albany, NY
Jennifer O'Donnell, MD San Francisco, CA
Timothy Olivier, MD Dallas, TX
Adedeji Olusanya, DO, MPH San Antonio, TX
Berk Ozmen, MD Cleveland, OH
Muhammad Padela, MD Detroit, MI
Colton Palmer, MD Syracuse, NY
Efstratios Papadelis, DO Philadelphia, PA
Mohit Patel, MD Bay Village, OH
Parth Patel, DO Monroe Twp, NJ
Neel Patel, MD Harrisburg, PA
Andrew Pelle, DO Havertown, PA
Jordan Perlman, MD Toledo, OH
Asa Peterson, MD Saint Louis, MO
Nicholas Peterson, MD Minneapolis, MN
Brian Phelps, MD Houston, TX
Zachariah Pinter, MD Rochester, MN
Ryan Planchard, MD Baltimore, MD
Keith Polston, MD, MS Mount Pleasant, SC
Ken Porche, MD, MA Gainesville, FL
Matt Porter, BS Spokane, WA
Boss Povieng, MD Chicago, IL
Aaron Prado, DO, MS Cincinnati, OH
Ines Prisco, MD Matosinhos, Portugal
Ayesha Quddusi, MD Toronto, Canada
Imran Qureshi, DO Dallas, TX
Neal Rajyaguru, MD York, PA
Thomas Ramsey, MD Greenville, SC
Nolan Reinhart Tampa, FL
Evan Reuter, MD New Orleans, LA
Luis Alberto Robles Lopez, MD Miami, FL
Jess Roland, DO Columbia, MO
Miner Ross, MD, MPH Portland, OR
Shivani Sadwal, DO Royal Oak, MI
Dardiny Saint-Clair, MD Ocala, FL
Scott Sandy, MD La Crosse, WI
Shahab Aldin Sattari, MD Baltimore, MD
Michael Schloss, DO Uniondale, NY
Samuel Schut, DC Canton, OH
Roberta Sefcik, MD, MS Pittsburgh, PA
David Segar, MD San Francisco, CA
Taylor Shackleford, MD Morgantown, WV
Neil Shah, MD, MS New York, NY
Siraj Shaikh Lawrenceville, NJ
Amit Sharma, MD Washington, DC
Mohamed Shoaib, DNB New Delhi, India
Dustin Sielski, MD Royal Oak, MI
Christine Silverman, DC Miami, FL
Brian Singer, MD Far Rockaway, NY
Nathan Sinz, MD Boston, MA
Brianna Siracuse, MD Manasquan, NJ
Sananthan Sivakanthan, MD Seattle, WA
Jennifer Sloan, MD Clawson, MI
Katharine Smolinski, DO Seattle, WA
Mohamed Soliman, MD, MSc, PhD Buffalo, NY
David Stastny, DO Miamisburg, OH
Jake Stephen, DO Dallas, TX
Nickolas Stewart Whitewright, TX
Jesse Stokke, DO Cleveland, OH
Rebecca Sullivan, BS Worcester, MA
Stephen Szeto, MD, MSc Mountain View, CA
Lindsay Tetreault, MD, PhD Brooklyn, NY
Karan Thakkar, DO Chicago, IL
Suhail Ansari Thambaratha Ahamed Shariff Chennai, India
Julia Tsinberg, MD— York, NY
Wyatt Vander Voort, MD Sacramento, CA
Kaitlyn Vanias, MD Cottage Grove, WI
Toure Vashon, MD Las Vegas, NV
Alex Vertes, MD Brooklyn, NY
Justin Vickery, MD Nashville, TN
Adolfo Viloria, MD Tampa, FL
Matthew Wade, MD Corona, CA
Timothy Wang, MD Durham, NC
David Weiss, DO— Clemente, CA
Jeffrey Wessell, DO Charleston, SC
Corey Wheelock, MD Chicago, IL
Kurt Wilhelm, MD Ferndale, MI
Laura Wolgamott, MD Johns Island, SC
Charl Woo, DO Miami Lakes, FL
Yizhou Xie, MD, PhD Chengdu, China
Petar Yanev, MS Arlington, VA
Honghao Yang, MD Beijing, China
Jeremy Yang, DC Alhambra, CA
Tzu Chuan Yen, MD Columbia, MO
Zhuang Zhang, MD Chengdu, China
Bryan Zheng, BS Westborough, MA
Emily Zielinski, MD Indianapolis, IN
Jeffrey Zimering, MD New York, NY
Career Center Discounts
As several spine-related programs complete their terms, members seeking a new position can utilize the NASS Career Center at careers.spine.org to search for available spine-specific job opportunities. The Career Center includes options to set up job alerts and members in practices looking to fill an open position can post on the site at a discounted rate. Until July 31, 2024, the following discounts are available on the site:
Job Seekers: Use the discount code UPGRADE24 to get a “Preferred CV/Resume Upgrade” which will push your CV to the top of the Resume Bank where employers search for new hires.
Practices: Receive 30% off any job posting by using the discount code MAY2024.