Dr. Eric O. Klineberg is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UTHealth Houston, serving as Chief of Orthopedic Spine Surgery and holds the Milton “Chip” Routt Endowed Chair of Spinal Surgery.

After obtaining her mechanical engineering degree in France, Dr. Virginie Lafage pursued a PhD in Biomechanics with a focus on finite element analysis and biomechanical simulations for scoliosis surgery. Her journey led to extensive clinical training in spine surgery under the mentorship of Jean Dubousset, MD, and Frank Schwab, MD, in Paris and New York respectively, with a specific focus on sagittal spinopelvic alignment, adult spinal deformity, cervical deformity, and soft tissue analysis.

Dr. Robert Hart retired from clinical practice and Medical Director of Spinal Deformity at Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle as of September 2023. He served 7 years at Swedish following 18 years at OHSU in Portland, where he earned the position of Tenured Professor of Orthopedics and served as Residency and Spine Fellowship Program Director.

Dr. Christopher Ames is director of spinal tumor and spinal deformity surgery at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco as well as co-director of the Neurospinal Disorders Program and the UCSF Spine Center. He is a specialist in spinal reconstructive surgery for trauma, tumors, and degenerative disease, particularly en bloc tumor resection for chordoma, chondrosarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma, sacral tumors, and other primary and metastatic tumors.

Shay Bess, MD, is a practicing spine surgeon at Colorado Scoliosis and Spine Specialists (coloradosss.com).  Dr. Shay Bess specializes in th...

Bret has been working with the ISSG since 2008 and has been involved in every aspect of the research performed by the group. Bret also works...