Expert Spine Team
Led by William Warren Brien, MD, and Rick B. Delamarter, MD, the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center has a multidisciplinary team of orthopaedists, neurosurgeons, pain management and conservative care specialists, and spine nurses.
Research and teaching are emphases of the center that help us to provide the most state-of-the-art clinical care available. Numerous clinical trials are being conducted. Some of the latest techniques are available to create the most effective treatments to alleviate back and neck pain. Current studies include non-fusion devices for spinal stabilization and laboratory research involving biomechanics and biotechnology for spinal regeneration.
The Center is also dedicated to teaching other surgeons through the fellowship program. An academic environment contributes to a stronger spine center by challenging the Center's surgeons to share their breadth of expertise and knowledge with other surgeons throughout the world. The result is a dynamic and stimulating environment to encounter and successfully treat difficult spinal disorders with innovative solutions.
 William Warren Brien, MD Co-Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center; Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedic Center; Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery |  Rick B. Delamarter, MD Vice Chair for Spine Services, Department of Surgery; Co-Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center |
 Neel Anand, MD, Mch Orth Director, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center |  Thomas Apostle, DO Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
 Hyun Bae, MD Orthopaedics |  Jason Berkley, DO Neurology |
 Robert M. Bernstein, MD Director, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery |  Timothy T. Davis, MD Physical Medicine |
 Jeffrey M. Dym, MD Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging |  Avrom Gart, MD Director, Pain Management and Rehabilitation, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center |
 Marshall Grode,MD Clinical Chief, Department of Neurosurgery* |  Gabriel E. Hunt, Jr., MD Neurosurgery |
 Leonel A. Hunt, MD Director, Spine Trauma, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center |  J. Patrick Johnson, MD Co-Director, Spine Stem Cell Research, Cedars-Sinai Spine Center |
 Michael A. Kropf, MD Orthopaedics |  Thomas J. Learch, MD Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging |
 Michel Lévesque, MD, FRCS, FACS Neurosurgery |  Roy Nini, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
 Burak Ozgur, MD Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery |  Robert Pashman, MD Orthopaedics |
 Brian Perri, DO Orthopaedics |  Howard L. Rosner, MD Medical Director, The Pain Center |
 Srinath Samudrala, MD, FACS Neurosurgery |  Khawar Siddique, MD Neurosurgery |
 Christopher Zarembinski, MD Anesthesiologist |
- Theodore B. Goldstein, MD, Orthopaedics
- Robert Naruse, Anesthesiology
Other Participating Team Members
- Frank Acosta, Jr, MD Neurosurgery - candidate participant**
- Eli M. Baron, MD Neurosurgery - candidate participant**
- Samir Ghostine, MD Neurosurgery - research participant**
- Stepan Kasimian, MD Orthopaedics - candidate participant**
- Terrence Kim, MD, Orthopaedics - candidate participant**
- Alexandre Rasouli, MD, Orthopaedics - candidate participant**
Multidisciplinary Team
To best serve the patients, a multidisciplinary team of spine professionals works closely together to provide the highest care possible. The Cedars-Sinai Spine Center team provides personalized and caring assistance:
