Congratulations to the following members who were recently elected to membership* on July 15, 2026!
Uzoma Ahiarakwe, MD, MS––Barboursville, VA
Al-Muaayad Al-Abri, MD––Nizwa, Oman
Dwarkesh Amin, BHSc––Indianapolis, IN
Oganes Ashikyan, MD––Flower Mound, TX
Levi Bale, MD––Seattle, WA
Braeden Benedict, MS––Saint Louis, MO
Bhargavi Budihal, MBBS––New York, NY
Anna Casteix, PA-C––Mobile, AL
Austin Clark, MD––Albuquerque, NM
Kaleb Cutter, BS––Las Vegas, NV
Jean-Philippe Cyr, MSc––Sherbrooke, Canada
Martina Dalolio, MD––Massagno, Switzerland
Daniel Oswaldo Davila-Rodriguez, MD––Magdalena de las Salinas, Mexico
Justin Dick, DC––Charlotte, NC
Nicolo Fazzi, MD––Rome, Italy
Michael Fields, MD––Port Monmouth, NJ
Kanwarpaul Grewal, DO––East Meadow, NY
Shannon Haddock, PA-C––Oklahoma City, OK
Junghao Hsieh, MD––Kaohsiung, Taiwan
ChengMin Hsu, MD––Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Taha Khalilullah, BS––Baltimore, MD
Hong Jin Kim, MD, PhD––Seoul, South Korea
Diana Carolina Lopez Hoyos, MD––Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Amy Martinsen, MSc––Oslo, Norway
Charles Mazof, BA––Lebanon, NH
Kathryn McCarthy, MD––Louisville, KY
Elena Mendola, MD––Bologna, Italy
Lee MingChun, MD––New Taipei City, Taiwan
Isabel Nip, MD––West Hartford, CT
Rusell Parks, MD––Houma, LA
Matthew Parry, MD, MS––Dallas, PA
Bryce Pugh, BS––Swannanoa, NC
Miguel Angel Ramirez-Canton, MD––Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico
Giovanni Ramundo, MD––Morristown, NJ
Colin Rhoads, DO––Shaker Heights, OH
Giancarlo Riccobono, BS––Chicago, IL
Hamza Said, MD––Mbeya, Tanzania
Aatif Sayeed, MD––Corona, CA
Mutaleeb Shobode, MD, MSc, M.Ch––Kano, Nigeria
Benjamin Snyder, MD––Seattle, WA
Sashrik Sribhashyam, BA––Glen Allen, VA
Andrew Strauss, DC––Nanuet, NY
Xiaolei Sun, PT––Harbin, China
Jennifer Turcios––Webster, TX
Tiffany Walker, RN, BSN––Avon, CO
Cindy Wang, MD––Rochester, NY
Shane Weatherford, MD––Jacksonville, FL
Khor Wei Thing, MD––Tainan, Taiwan
Have a colleague who could benefit from NASS membership?
Have a colleague who could benefit from NASS membership? When you refer a colleague to join NASS using your personalized referral code, you’ll receive 20% off your next year of dues and they’ll also receive 20% off their new membership. View NASS 20/20 Referral Program details and get your personalized referral code (must be logged in through your membership account) at
www.spine.org/refer.
*Official acceptance to membership with NASS requires approval by the NASS Board of Directors.