Congratulations to Members Completing Training
Congratulations to the following NASS In-training members who, according to our records, completed their training programs between January 1, 2026, and June 30, 2026.
This achievement reflects years of hard work and commitment to medicine and the spine care field. NASS is proud to recognize these members as they reach this important milestone in their professional journeys.
Career Center
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 and set up job alerts.
Additionally, members in practices looking to fill an open position can post on the site at an already discounted member rate, and through July 31, 2026, receive an exclusive 15% off a 60-day job posting by using the discount code SUMMERSPECIAL15.
January 2026
Mubashar Bajwa, FCPS Sargodha, Pakistan
Santosh Kumar Bashyal, PhD, MD
Devdaha Rupandehi Nepal
Mathew Davis, MBBS, FRACS Gordon Park, Australia
Gerardo Gomez Castro, BS Leon, Mexico
Jakub Jankowski, MD Lodz, Poland
Daniel Scherman, MD Forest Lodge, Australia
Haley Stoner, BS Hanover, NH
February 2026
Renato Bisol, MD Goiania, Brazil
Daniel Campos-Irigoyen, MD Tultitlan, Mexico
Obet Canela Calderon, MD Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Jose Chavez, MD Tangancicuaro, Mexico
Benjamin Davies, MBChB Cambridge, United Kingdom
Fernando Gonzalez Gonzalez, MD, MHA Aguascalientes, Mexico
Aquila Matos Soares, MD Sao Paulo, Brazil
Danielle Mortenson, APRN Champaign, IL
Sidney Ortega, PT, DPT, OCS
Edwin Pesantez Mochas, MD CDMX, Mexico
Ramon Rincon Valencia, MD Puebla, Mexico
Jose Ramon Rodriguez Fonseca, MD Guadalajara, Mexico
March 2026
Soei Asuka, MD Nishinomiya, Japan
Erick Estrella Ortiz, MD Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Ali Hammed, MD Lattakia, Syrian Arab Republic
Yoonha Hwang, MD Seoul, South Korea
Yanting Liu, PhD Seoul, South Korea
April 2026
Cadel Brewer, MD Canton, MI
Sara Crews, MS Chesterfield, MO
Ayesha Quddusi, MD Mississauga, Canada
Jacob Razzouk Redlands, CA
Oliver Zielinski, MD Karlslunde, Denmark
May 2026
Matt Aceto Orlando, FL
David Ahn, BA Teaneck, NJ
Joydeep Baidya, BS Philadelphia, PA
Trevor Betros, DO Fort Lauderdale, FL
Samuel Blake, BS Urbana, IL
Chandler Bolles, DC Spartanburg, SC
Avery Brown Decatur, GA
Jordan Buttner, BS Albuquerque, NM
Anoop Chinthala, BS Carmel, IN
Hikmat Chmait, MS La Crescenta, CA
Michael Coffin, DO Harrison, OH
Emma Coltoff, PhD Philadelphia, PA
Kevin Davis, PhD Miami, FL
Wesley Day, MD, MPH Staten Island, NY
Gabriel DeOliveira, BS Oak Bluffs, MA
Nikhil Dholaria, BS, BA Glendale, AZ
Christopher Dupont Springboro, OH
Nafis Eghrari, BS Cleveland, OH
Michael Farias, BS Providence, RI
Tony Gaidici, BA Paradise Valley, AZ
Rishabh Gupta, BA North Oaks, MN
Hasibullah Habibi, MD, PhD Osaka city, Japan
Rebecca Houston, DO— Palm Springs, CA
Rachel Huang, BA Philadelphia, PA
Isaiah Hughes, BS Willingboro, NJ
Katie Huisman Phoenix, AZ
Chibuokem Ikwuazom, MD Brooklyn, NY
Avinash Iyer, BS Alhambra, CA
Mohamed-Ali Jawad-Makki, BS Ann Arbor, MI
Cameron Johnso Dallas, TX
William Karakash, BS Alhambra, CA
Majid Khan, PhD Reno, NV
Ishan Khosla, BS Chicago, IL
Ara Khoylyan, B Glendale, CA
Claudia Kim Katy, TX
Veenadhari Kollipara, BA Hummelstown, PA
Alex La Poche, BS New York, NY
Monish Lavu, MHA Cleveland, OH
Katie Lee, BS Newtown Square, PA
Trenton Line, BS Bargersville, IN
Jonathan Lopez, MS Harrison, NJ
Sonal Mahindroo Washington, DC
Zachary Mendoza Houston, TX
Benjamin Mugg, BS Syracuse, NY
Devin Narwani, DO Sevierville, TN
Catalina Neira, MD Vina Del Mar, Chile
Anthony Nestler, MD Springfield, IL
Timothy Noble St. Johns, Canada
Mahmudur Rahman, MS Wauwatosa, WI
Viprav Raju, PhD Milwaukee, WI
Jacqueline Ray, BS Champaign, IL
Mark Ren, BS Baltimore, MD
Gregory Roytman, DC New Haven, CT
Rodrigo Saad Berreta, BA Reading, PA
Ahmed Sabra, BA Jersey City, NJ
Zachary Salas, MD New Orleans, LA
Aakash Shah Cleveland, OH
Sami Shaikh Pennington, NJ
Gregory Snigur, MS Washington, DC
Courtney Spitzer, BA Huntington Beach, CA
Ikaasa Suri, BS Bergenfield, NJ
Muaaz Wajahath, BS Canton, MI
Arnaav Walia Paradise Valley, AZ
Matthew Weber, MD Springfield, IL
Erin Yamamoto, MD Portland, OR
Jeff Yi, BS Huntsville, AL
June 2026
Vahid Abdollah, MSc, PhD Edmonton, Canada
Noel Akioyamen, MD Yonkers, NY
Rohaid Ali, MD Westwood, MA
Tarek Almaleh, DO Astoria, NY
Mohammed Ali Alvi, MD, MS Mississsauga, Canada
Fares Ani, MD Holmdel, NJ
John Arena, MD Philadelphia, PA
Mohammad Arshad, DO Cathedral City, CA
Mohamed Awad, MD Yonkers, NY
Sherwin Azad, MD, MS Las Vegas, NV
Tej Azad, MD, MS Baltimore, MD
Rafael Baella-Anzalota, MD San Juan, PR
Mohamad Bakhaidar, MD, FRCSC Ottawa, Canada
Vishal Bansal, MD Houston, TX
Anas Bardeesi, MD Cincinnati, OH
James Bates, DO Spokane Valley, WA
Jace Bauer, DO Grand Blanc, MI
Kyle Behrens, MD Perrysburg, OH
Stephen Bergin, MD, PhD Durham, NC
Colton Besett, MD League City, TX
Jacob Best, DO Bloomfield Hills, MI
Graham Beutler, MD Indianapolis, IN
Vivek Bilolikar, MD Philadelphia, PA
Justin Bird, MD Buffalo, NY
Christian Bohan, MD Danville, PA
Nickolas Boroda, MD Chicago, IL
Mina Botros, MD Rochester, NY
Daniel Briggi, MD, MBA Houston, TX
Ashlyn Brown, MD, MBA, M Houston, TX
Clarke Cady-McCrea, MD Penfield, NY
Matthew Callier, MD New Orleans, LA
Kathryn Canavan, MD Bryan, TX
Rundong Chai, PhD Xi'an, China
Jesse Champi, MD Denver, CO
Luke Channer, BS Hillsboro, OR
Guilin Chen, MBBS Beijing, China
Yuanpei Cheng, MD Changchun, China
Christine Chilaka, MD Seattle, WA
James Clemmons, MD New Orleans, LA
Steven Clemson, DPT Hazle Township, PA
Travis CreveCoeur, MD New York, NY
Tim Curtis, MD Salt Lake City, UT
Abhigyan Datta, MD Minneapolis, MN
Andrew Day, MD Jackson, MS
Sandra de Mel, MD Miami, FL
Elisabetta de Rinaldis, MS Rome, Italy
Michael DeCapua, MD Cherry Hill, NJ
Bijan Dehghani, MD, MS Philadelphia, PA
Nicholas Dick, BS Minneapolis, MN
Matthew Diehl, MD Dayton, OH
Katherine Dong, MD New Orleans, LA
Ashel Dsouza, MD, MS San Francisco, CA
Jiawei Du, PhD Beijing, China
Cody Eldridge, MD Greenville, TX
Griffin Ellis, DO Fort Lauderdale, FL
Reem Elwy, MBChB, MSc Giza, Egypt
Chimobi Emukah, MD San Antonio, TX
Jace Erwin, MD, MSc Cincinnati, OH
Chase Foster, MD, MS Washington, DC
David Frolov Spokane, WA
Kenneth Furlough, MD Kansas City, MO
Trevor Glenn, MD Boston, MA
Braden Goldberg, MD New York, NY
Steven Graefe, MD Middletown, PA
Harmandeep Grewal, DO Los Angeles, CA
Nachiketa Gupta, MD, PhD Fort Lauderdale, FL
Jack Haberl, MD, MBA New York, NY
Laureen Hachem, MD Toronto, Canada
Dennis Hasenhuendl, MD Aventura, FL
Nicole Hatchard, DO Hummelstown, PA
Kenneth Hau, MD Dothan, AL
Tyler Henry, MD Philadelphia, PA
Brandon Herrington, MD London, Canada
Samantha Houser, MD Nashville, TN
Gabriel Howard, DO Cincinnati, OH
Jesse Hu, MD Saint Louis, MO
Jeremy Huckleby, MD Saint Louis, MO
Joseph Hudson, MD Pittsburgh, PA
Chibuikem Ikwuegbuenyi, MD New York, NY
Nikita Iyer, BA, MBA Philadelphia, PA
Ryan Jensen, DO Winterville, NC
Christopher Johnson, DO Fort Lauderdale, FL
Matthew Johnson, BS Tampa, FL
Piyush Kalakoti, MD Iowa City, IA
Nathan Katz, DO Cleveland Heights, OH
Matthew Kercher, MD Sacramento, CA
Michael Khalil, DO Bogota, NJ
Azmeer Khamisani, MD Miami, FL
Ali Muhammad Khan, BS East Amherst, NY
Umar Khan, MD Washington, DC
Heeho Kim, MD Philadelphia, PA
Isaac Kim, DO West Orange, NJ
Nora Kim, MD New York, NY
Paul Kohli, MD Saint Albans, NY
Jay Kumar, MD, MBA San Francisco, CA
Issa Lahirish, MD Branford, CT
Anthony Lee, MD, PhD San Francisco, CA
Rowdy Lee, MD, MHS, PA Jackson, MS
Joshua Lewis, MD, PhD Yonkers, NY
Alexander Lieber, MD New York, NY
Campbell Liles, MD, MBA Nashville, TN
Daniel Lilly, MD Cleveland, OH
Kyle Malek, MD Phoenix, AZ
Priscilla Mapelli, DO West Hartford, CT
Neelan Marianayagam, MD, PhD Lancaster, CA
Jason Mascoe, MD Salt Lake City, UT
Noor Maza, MD New York, NY
Derek McGaffey, MD Saint Louis, MO
Daniel McKee, MD Pearland, TX
Saharsh Mehta, MD Westborough, MA
Arjun Menta, BS Plano, TX
Martin Merenzon, MD Tinton Falls, NJ
Roslyn Migdale, MD, DC Plymouth, MI
Brian Mikolajczyk, MD Elm Grove, WI
Lee MingChun, MD New Taipei city, Taiwan
Brendan Mitchell, MD Overland Park, KS
Joshua Mizels, MD Salt Lake City, UT
Ayman Mohamed, MD New York, NY
Daniel Mok, DO Roeland Park, KS
Shahana Momin, DO San Antonio, TX
Ojirese Momoh, MS, DO, ATC New York, NY
Antonio Mondriguez-Gonzalez, MD Chicago, IL
Taylor Moore, DO, DC, MS Friendswood, TX
Nadia Mortezagholi, DO Plantation, FL
Samuel Moshofsky, MD
Thomas Moss, DO Oceanside, NY
Luke Mugge, MD Fairfax, VA
Alex Ngan, MD Valencia, CA
Andrea Nikolis, MD Denver, CO
Sean Nurmsoo, MD Edmonton, Canada
Pablo Ortiz, MD Plainfield, NJ
Viviana Ortiz Orengo, DC San Juan, PR
Muhammad Padela, MD Hamden, CT
James Parrish, MD, MPH Coral Gables, FL
Xhoni Pashaj, BS Huntingdon Valley, PA
Anand Patil, DO Sunnyvale, CA
Jacob Pawloski, MD Royal Oak, MI
Nathan Pecoraro, MD Lombard, IL
Joel Peltonen, MD Regina, Canada
Sophia Peng, MD Chicago, IL
Nathan Phillips Los Angeles, CA
Cassandra Pino, MD, MS, MPH| Detroit, MI
Sean Pirkle, MD Seattle, WA
Annamarie Pontier, DO Danville, PA
Andrew Powers, MD Boston, MA
Franklin Powlan, MD El Paso, TX
Zeeshan Qazi, MD Pittsburgh, PA
Rafa Rahman, MD Centreville, VA
Dustin Randall, MD, BS San Jose, CA
James Robinson, MD Shreveport, LA
Guillermo Rodriguez, MD Detroit, MI
David Rojas, MD Denver, CO
Alyssa Ross, DO Houma, LA
Nicholas Runge, DO Madison Heights, MI
Ryan Russell, DO Rocky River, OH
Shaan Sadhwani, DO Mechanicsburg, PA
Mitali Sakharkar, BA Stevenson Ranch, CA
Casey Salandra, DO Dallas, TX
Paul Salib, MD Syosset, NY
Cody Schlaff, MD Clarksburg, MD
Ryan Screven, MD Tampa, FL
Akhil Sharma, MD Allentown, PA
Edward Shontz, MD Santa Monica, CA
Zachary Shumaker, MD Charlotte, NC
Joao Duarte Silva, MD Matosinhos, Portugal
Vishwajeet Singh, MS, MBBS Lexington, KY
Nicholas Storlie, BA Omaha, NE
Xiaolei Sun, PT Harbin, China
Spencer Taylor, MD, MPH River Ridge, LA
William Tobener V, DO Red Lion, PA
Duncan Trimble, MD Houston, TX
John Tsiang Maywood, IL
Robby Turk, MD, MBA Charlotte, NC
Ryan Turner, MD Little Rock, AR
Emily Vallee, BS Buffalo, NY
Brian Vasquez, MD Seattle, WA
Andrew Vega, MD Miami, FL
Sree Vemu, MD Houston, TX
Amy Wang, MD Boston, MA
William Warner, PhD Hanover, NH
Douglas Weaver, MD Chicago, IL
Sean Weber, DO Raleigh, NC
Eric Whitney, DO Palm Springs, CA
Mark Williams, MD Miami, FL
Thomas Wozny, MD Miami, FL
Janet Wu, BA Portola Valley, CA
Yuanxuan Xia, MD Baltimore, MD
William Xiang, MD New York, NY
Prashant Yadav, DO, MS Oak Hill, VA
Jason Yang, MD Alpine, NJ
Michael Yang, MD Denver, CO
Bailey Yekzaman, MD Kansas City, KS
Chase Young, MD, MPH Salt Lake City, UT
Hye-Jin Yun, MD Mountain View, CA
Qais Zai, MD, MS Austin, TX