Meet Our Team
The Spine Institute at Hoag brings together a range of nationally renowned specialists who provide the latest in holistic and inclusive care management options to treat a range of spinal conditions including low back pain, spinal stenosis, spinal deformities, spinal tumors, as well as scoliosis in children and adults.
The multidisciplinary team includes pain management and acute rehabilitation specialists, physical and occupational therapists, dieticians, an intensive care unit and pre-eminent, board-certified neurosurgeons who share a treatment philosophy focused on a conservative, preventative approach.
At the Hoag Spine Institute, experts coordinate and support the patient journey, freeing the patient from navigating the unknown on their own. To learn more about those listed below, select the tile to read their individual profile.
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Burak M. Ozgur, MD
- Medical Director, Hoag Spine Institute
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Neurosurgery
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Adam S. Kanter, MD, MS, FAANS
- Ron & Sandi Simon Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair, Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute
- Chief of Neurosurgery, Hoag Specialty Clinic
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Charles J. De Mesa, DO
- Director, Chronic Pain & Neuropathy Program, Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute
- Chief of Interventional Pain, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Hoag Spine Institute
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Keyvan Esmaeili, MD
- Medical Director, Fudge Family Acute Rehabilitation Unit
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Pawel P. Jankowski, MD
- Neurosurgery, Spine Scoliosis
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Vivek A. Mehta, MD
- Minimally Invasive Neurosurgeon, Brain & Spine
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Aaron J. Przybysz, MD
- Pain Medicine
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Matthew J. Reed, MD
- Chief of Inpatient Pain and Outpatient Addiction Services
- Medical Director, SolMar Residential Program
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Shawn Zardouz, MD
- Pain Medicine
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Gina Gianelli Duel, MSPAS, PA-C
- Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery, Spine
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Janneinne Le, PA-C
- Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery, Spine
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Erin E. Wood, MMS, PA-C
- Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery, Spine
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Jooha Park, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CCRN-CMC, CSC
- Nurse Practitioner, Pain Management
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Tatiana Soltani, BSN, RN, CNOR
- Clinical Manager, Pain Management
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Carly Bower, MSN, NP-C
- Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery, Brain and Spine
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F. Suzanne Pach, MSN, FNP-C, SCRN, AGACNP-BC
- Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery, Brain and Spine
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Vanessa Stowasser, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, SCRN, ATCN
- Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery, Brain and Spine
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Kelly E. Watkins MSN, FNP-C, CNRN
- Nurse Practitioner, Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Brain and Spine
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Grace Chung, BSN, RN
- Spine Care Navigator, Neurosurgery, Spine