Here are five spine surgeons who perform outpatient total disc replacements in ASCs.
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1. Hyun Bae, MD, at the Disc Replacement Center of Excellence — a Division of La Peer Health System in Beverly Hills, Calif.
2. Glenn Buttermann, MD, at Gateway Surgery Center in Minneapolis.
3. Edward Golberg, MD, at Gold Coast SurgiCenter in Chicago.
4. Don Johnson, MD, at Southeastern Spine Institute and Ambulatory Surgery Center in Charleston, S.C.
5. Scott Katzman, MD, at the Center for Artificial Disc Replacement in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
6. Timothy Keenen, MD, at South Portland Surgical Center in Tualatin, Ore.
7. James Lynch, MD, at Surgery Center of Reno (Nev.).
8. Hooman Melamed, MD, at DISC Sports & Spine in Marina del Rey, Calif.
9. Steven Poletti, MD, at Southeastern Spine Institute and Ambulatory Surgery Center in Charleston, S.C.
10. Kern Singh, MD, at Gold Coast SurgiCenter in Chicago.
11. Stefano Sinicropi, MD, at Ridges Surgery Center in Burnsville, Minn.
12. Vladimir Sinkov, MD, at Bedford (N.H.) Ambulatory Surgical Center.
13. Robert Tatsumi, MD, at South Portland Surgical Center in Tualatin, Ore.
14. Christopher Tomaras, MD, at Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center in Atlanta.
15. Richard Wohns, MD, at NeoSpine in Puyallup, Wash.
16. Michael Janssen, DO, at the Center for Spine and Orthopedics in Thornton, Colo.
17. Jocelyn Idema, MD, at The Center for Disc Replacement at Advanced Orthopaedics and Rehab in Pittsburgh and Washington, Pa.