Dr. Khaled Kebaish serves as chief of the Spine Division in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a professor of orthopaedic surgery and neurological surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include spine deformities and scoliosis, degenerative spine disorders, spine tumors and disc arthroplasty. Dr. Kebaish earned his M.D. from Cairo University. He completed his residency at University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, and performed a fellowship in spinal reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Kebaish's research interests include the clinical and functional outcomes of spine surgery with a special focus on adult deformity surgery. He also focuses on the biomechanical testing and evaluation of different fixation devices and techniques in the adult spine. Dr. Kebaish is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Kyphosis, Lordosis, Scoliosis, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Paul Sponseller is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sponseller is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type, Spinal Fusion, and Osteotomy. Dr. Sponseller is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Ali Bydon is a renowned neurosurgeon and director of the Division of Spine Surgery and the Neurosurgical Spine Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As the endowed Ziya Gokaslan Professor of Neurosurgery, he is dedicated to advancing the field through innovative clinical practices and extensive research. Additionally, Dr. Bydon serves as the vice chair for strategic planning within the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Bydon’s clinical practice is centered on degenerative disorders of the spine, spinal tumors, spinal trauma and complex spinal reconstruction. He is an esteemed member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Bydon earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in 1999 and completed his residency in neurological surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he graduated with distinction in 2006. He further honed his skillset by completing fellowships in minimally invasive spine surgery and the surgical treatment of peripheral nerves, followed by a one-year instructorship in spinal oncology and complex reconstructive spinal surgery at Johns Hopkins in 2007. His research focuses on spinal biomechanics and surgical outcomes. He has co-authored over 265 peer-reviewed manuscripts and numerous book chapters. Dr. Bydon has made significant contributions to the understanding of optimal surgical management for conditions such as spinal synovial cysts, cervical myelopathy, lumbar spondylolisthesis, ossified posterior longitudinal ligament, cervical degenerative disorders, cervical myelopathy, thoracic myelopathy and metastatic diseases to the spine, among others. Dr. Bydon has presented at more than 200 national and international scientific meetings, underscoring his commitment to advancing knowledge in the field. An educator who has trained over 75 practicing neurosurgeons, Dr. Bydon has received prestigious accolades, including the Richard Otenasak Faculty Teaching Award and the Chairman’s Neurosurgical Teacher of the Year Award. His leadership roles have included serving on the residency review committee and the patient access committee at Johns Hopkins, as well as a yearlong term as the neurosurgical representative on the Johns Hopkins Faculty Senate. He has also served as a medical director with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, overseeing clinical and educational activities at renowned institutions in Lebanon and Brazil. Dr. Bydon has performed more than 5,000 surgeries. His commitment to excellence in patient care, education and research makes him a leading authority in spine surgery, dedicated to providing transformative care to patients seeking relief and recovery. Dr. Bydon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion.

Daniel Lubelski is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with expertise in complex spine surgery and peripheral nerve surgery. He treats patients with spinal diseases and deformities, spine and nerve tumors, and brachial plexus injuries and other peripheral nerve injuries. Dr. Lubelski’s training in complex and robotic spine surgery, spinal oncology and peripheral nerve injuries allows him to comprehensively evaluate patients and develop custom treatment plans to address symptoms and improve patients’ quality of life. He prioritizes patient-centered care, effective communication and working in multidisciplinary collaboration to identify the best treatment. After obtaining his undergraduate degree at the City University of New York, Dr. Lubelski spent a year doing predoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health. He then obtained his medical degree from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and he performed stem cell tumor research as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellow. Dr. Lubelski went on to the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for a neurosurgery residency and an enfolded fellowship in peripheral nerve surgery. His postdoctoral training also included a fellowship in complex spine surgery and spinal oncology at Johns Hopkins, as well as a traveling fellowship with advanced training at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Lubelski is a prolific researcher who focuses on patient quality of life and on using big data to develop individualized prediction models to determine optimal treatments tailored to each person. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and numerous textbook chapters, has lectured nationally and internationally, and serves as a reviewer for the top neurosurgical journals. Dr. Lubelski is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Tumor, Chordoma, Spinal Stenosis, Spinal Fusion, and Laminectomy.

Dr. Timothy Witham is a professor of neurological surgery and orthopaedic surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His interests include the surgical treatment of degenerative conditions of the cervical and lumbar spine, including instrumented fusion procedures. He also has an expertise in the treatment of spinal tumors, spinal trauma and spinal deformity. Dr. Witham serves as director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Spinal Fusion Laboratory, director of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center's Spine Program and co-program director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Residency Program. Dr. Witham received his B.S. in biochemistry from the Pennsylvania State University. He earned his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He performed a fellowship in spinal neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Witham joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2005. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Witham was chief neurosurgeon at Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. Dr. Witham's research interests include finding novel ways to achieve spinal fusion and improving surgical techniques in the aging spine. A co-author of more than 170 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts, Dr. Witham has been featured as a “Top Doctor” in Baltimore magazine and was a recipient of a United States Air Force meritorious service medal in 2005. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Witham is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Bone Tumor, Epidural Abscess, Spinal Fusion, and Laminectomy.

Wesley Durand is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Durand is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Lordosis, Kyphosis, Scoliosis, Shoulder Arthroscopy, and Spinal Fusion.

Nicholas Theodore is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Theodore is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Tethered Cord Syndrome, Spinal Tumor, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Spinal Fusion. Dr. Theodore is currently accepting new patients.

Mari Groves is a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon who cares for children with brain and spinal cord tumors (benign and cancerous), skeletal dysplasia, and spinal deformities such as neuromuscular and early scoliosis. She also sees patients diagnosed with Chiari malformations, spasticity and epilepsy. She specializes in treating patients with all types of spina bifida, including myelomeningocele. As part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy, she is an expert in prenatal closure techniques such as minimally invasive fetoscopic repair of myelomeningocele (when the spina bifida defect is repaired before birth). Offering a transitional practice model of care, she follows patients diagnosed with spina bifida from birth to adulthood. Dr. Groves chose to pursue neurosurgery because it allows her to treat patients with complex conditions and help improve the quality of children’s lives. Her research interests focus on pediatric spinal disease and how surgical intervention can impact growth and neurological function during a child’s life. She is committed to building programs that support patients with congenital disorders as they age. Pediatric patients often age out of existing programs and have difficulty locating physicians and treating teams that understand their conditions. At Johns Hopkins, we have a unique ability to provide this type of comprehensive care. Dr. Groves earned her medical degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2007. She completed residency training in 2014 at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she remained for a neurosurgery fellowship, which she finished in 2015. She also completed a spinal deformity fellowship at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Philadelphia. Dr. Groves is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. Her top areas of expertise are Spinal Tumor, Myelomeningocele, Tethered Cord Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Laminectomy.

Dr. Jon Weingart focuses on the surgical treatment of brain tumors including benign and malignant tumors. Dr. Weingart also specializes in spinal disorders, such as cervical and lumbar disc disease, as well as other congenital and developmental abnormalities such as tethered spinal cord, spina bifida and chiari malformation. Dr. Weingart is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Glioblastoma, Astrocytoma, Glioma, Awake Craniotomy, and Osteotomy.

Dr. Majid Khan is a Radiologist and Director, Non-Vascular Spine Intervention at Johns Hopkins University hospitals. Dr. Khan graduated from University of Kashmir, India in 1993. He completed his residency in radiology at the Nassau University Medical Center at Stony Brooks University and then completed his fellowship in Neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Majid is deeply invested in both diagnostic Neuroradiology with particular emphasis on advanced head & neck and spine tumor imaging. His prime interest is doing spine tumor ablations primarily using microwave ablation devices and has performed the most number of such cases in the United States. He has significant expertise in spine cement augmentation procedures like kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for treatment of compression fractures due to osteoporosis, multiple myeloma and/or other tumor-associated pathological fractures, sacroplasty for the treatment of fractures of the sacrum, epidural steroid injections, facet and transforaminal nerve blocks. He has treated a considerable number of patients with Tarlov and synovial cysts. Dr. Khan is a core member of Johns Hopkins Headaches and CSF Leak Program doing both targeted and non-targeted blood and fibrin glue patches. In addition, Dr. Khan has performed numerous imaging-guided head and neck biopsies with expertise in deep trans-facial biopsies. Dr. Majid has contributed to numerous publications and book chapters and has given regional, national and international talks, as well as presented research at many national meetings. He is a member of the American Society of Neuroradiology, American College of Radiology, American Society of Spine Radiology, North American Spine Society, Radiologic Society of North America, European Society of Radiology. Dr. Khan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Meningocele, Tarlov Cysts, Vertebroplasty, and Bone Graft.

Dr. Allan Belzberg is a neurosurgeon specializing in surgery of the peripheral nervous system. As Director of Peripheral Nerve Surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, he treats tumors including schwannoma, neurofibroma and nerve sheath tumor. Dr. Belzberg performs surgical repair of nerve damage caused by trauma as well as neurosurgery on carpal tunnel, peroneal nerve and other peripheral nerve conditions. Dr. Belzberg also directs the Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and co-directs the Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Belzberg currently sees patients at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center located in Baltimore on Wednesdays and the Green Spring Station location on Fridays. Dr. Belzberg is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Schwannomatosis, Neurofibromatosis, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Rhizotomy.

Charles Edwards is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Edwards is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Scoliosis, Lordosis, Cervical Disc Surgery, and Herniated Disc Surgery.

Steven Ludwig is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ludwig is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Fractured Spine, Spinal Stenosis, Laminectomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Ludwig is currently accepting new patients.

Jannat Khan is an Orthopedics specialist and a Plastic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Khan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. Her top areas of expertise are Spondylolisthesis, Lordosis, Herniated Disk, Spinal Fusion, and Osteotomy. Dr. Khan is currently accepting new patients.

Wataru Ishida is a Neurosurgery provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ishida is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Epidural Abscess, Lordosis, Chordoma, Spinal Fusion, and Bone Graft.

Dr. Joann Hunsberger is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her area of clinical expertise is anesthesiology. She earned her M.D. from the Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins, where she also performed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology. Dr. Hunsberger is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Pain, Bladder Reconstruction, and Spinal Fusion.

Dr. Guryildirim is an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Neuroradiology. She earned her medical degree from Hacettepe University and went on to complete her radiology residency at the Gazi University School of Medicine. After residency, she completed a two-year-long fellowship in Neuroradiology at Rush University Medical Center where she was the chief fellow. She then completed a one-year-long fellowship in Advanced Imaging before joining the Rush University Medical Center Neuroradiology faculty. Dr. Guryildirim's research interests focus on functional brain imaging of epilepsy patients, hydrocephalus and headache. Dr. Guryildirim is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. Her top areas of expertise are Legius Syndrome, Headache, Moyamoya Disease, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Endovascular Embolization.

Seongho Jeong is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Jeong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis, Lordosis, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Spinal Fusion, and Osteotomy.

Clayton Dean is an Orthopedics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Dean is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Invertebral Disc Disease, Spondylolisthesis, Microdiscectomy, and Cervical Disc Surgery.

Daniel Gelb is an Orthopedics specialist and a Hand Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gelb is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Spinal Fusion. His top areas of expertise are Fractured Spine, Kyphosis, Cervical Myelopathy, Osteotomy, and Spinal Fusion.