Course Chairs
Christopher P. Ames, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Director of Spinal Deformity & Spine Tumor Surgery
Co-director, Spinal Surgery and UCSF Spine Center
Director, California Deformity Institute
Director, Spinal Biomechanics Laboratory
Vedat Deviren, MD
Professor, Clinical Orthopaedic
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Faculty
(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)
Nima Alan, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Sigurd H. Berven, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery;
Chief of Orthopaedic Spine Service
Shane Burch MD, MSc
Professor in Residence
Spine Fellowship Director
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Aaron Clark, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
San Francisco, CA
Clara Gomez-Sanchez, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
UCSF Vascular Surgery
Michael Kelly, MD
Director of Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities
Division of Orthopedics & Scoliosis at Rady Children's Hospital
San Diego, CA
Han Jo Kim, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Spine Fellowship
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
Patrick R. Maloney, MD
Associate Professor, UCSF
Department of Neurosurgery
Chief of Neurosurgery and Medical
Director Neurosciences, NorthBay Health
Lionel N. Metz, MD
Pediatric and Adult Spine Surgeon
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery;
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA