Special Thanks

HARMS

Professor Juergen Harms is a world-renowned spinal deformity surgeon in Germany. In 1995, he was a co-founder of the Harms Study Group and played an instrumental role in guiding the group’s initial research plans. Over the past two decades, he has remained engaged and excited about the group’s contributions to the literature and scientific community on new spinal deformity surgery techniques and treatment outcomes.

Thank you, Professor Harms, for your wisdom, expertise and support! The members of the Harms Study Group are proud to bear your name.

Executive Committee

  • PETER NEWTON, MD

    Rady Children's Hospital

  • RANDAL BETZ, MD

    Institute for Spine & Scoliosis

  • HARRY SHUFFLEBARGER, MD

    Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute

  • AMER SAMDANI, MD

    Shriners Hospitals for Children

  • MICHELLE MARKS, PT, MA

    Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation

  • DAVID CLEMENTS, MD

    Cooper Bone & Joint Institute

HSG Members

HSG currently has 37 active members at any one time. Each members contribute significantly to the main studies of the group. Membership is by invitation of the Executive Committee.

Our HSG members are spread across the United States and Canada. Click on the individual cities below to see which one of our members resides there.

Charlottesville, Virginia Atlanta, Georgia St. Louis, Missouri Cincinnati, Ohio
San Diego, California
Vancouver, Canada
Montreal, Canada
Boston, Massachusetts
New York, New York
Lawrenceville & Candem,
New Jersey Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wilmington, Delaware
Baltimore, Maryland
Miami, Florida
Dallas, Texas
Cleveland, Ohio
Denver, Colorada
Rochester, Minnesota
Charlottesville, Virginia Mark Abel, MD
University of Virginia Keith Bachmann, MD
University of Virginia
St. Louis, Missouri Munish Gupta, MD
Washington University Michael Kelly, MD
Washington University
Cincinnati, Ohio Peter Sturm, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cleveland, Ohio Michael Glotzbecker, MD
Rainbow Babies &
Children Hospital Cleveland
Rochester, Minnesota Noelle Larson, MD
Mayo Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia Nicholas Fletcher, MD
Children's Healthcare of
Atlanta Dallas, Texas Daniel Sucato, MD
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Miami, Florida Harry Shufflebarger, MD
Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute John Asghar, MD
Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute Tom Errico, MD
Nicklaus Children's Hospital Steven George, MD
Nicklaus Children's Hospital Baltimore, Maryland Paul Sponseller, MD
John Hopkins Hospital Amit Jain, MD
John Hopkins Hospital Wilmington, Delaware Suken Shah, MD
Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Peter Gabos, MD
Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Amer Samdani, MD
Shriners Hospitals for Children Josh Pahys, MD
Shriners Hospitals for Children Steven Hwang, MD
Shriners Hospital for Children Patrick Cahill, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Jack Flynn, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Lawrenceville & Candem, New Jersey Randal Betz, MD
Institute for Spine & Scoliosis David Clements, MD
Temple Hospital New Jersey New York, New York Lawrence Lenke, MD
Columbia University Michael Vitale, MD
Columbia University Ben Roye, MD
Columbia University Baron Lonner, MD
Scoliosis & Spine Associates,
Mount Sinai Hospital Aaron Buckland, MD
New York University Boston, Massachusetts Daniel Hedequist, MD
Boston Children's Hospital Montreal, Canada Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
CHU Sainte-Justine Jean Marc Mac-Thiong, MD
CHU Sainte-Justine
Vancouver, Canada Firoz Miyanji, MD
British Columbia Children's Hospital San Diego, California
Salil Upasani, MD
Rady Children's Hospital Burt Yaszay, MD
Rady Children's Hospital Peter Newton, MD
Rady Children's Hospital Denver, Colorado
Sumeet Garg, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado Mark Erickson, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado
  • Mark Abel, MD
    University of Virginia Children’s Center

  • John Asghar, MD
    Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute

  • Keith Bachmann, MD
    University of Virginia

  • Randy Betz, MD
    Institute for Spine & Scoliosis

  • Aaron Buckland, MD
    New York University

  • Patrick Cahill, MD
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

  • David Clements, MD
    Temple Hospital New Jersey

  • Mark Erickson, MD
    Children’s Hospital Colorado

  • Tom Errico, MD
    Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

  • Nicholas Fletcher, MD
    Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

  • Jack Flynn, MD
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Peter Gabos, MD
    Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children

  • Sumeet Garg, MD
    Children’s Hospital Colorado

  • Stephen George, MD
    Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

  • Michael Glotzbecker, MD
    Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

  • Munish Gupta, MD
    Washington University

  • Juergen Harms, MD
    Rehabilitationskrankenhaus

  • Daniel Hedequist, MD
    Boston Children’s Hospital

  • Steven Hwang, MD
    Shriners Hospitals for Children

  • Amit Jain, MD
    Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • Michael Kelly, MD
    Washington University

  • Hubert Labelle, MD
    St. Justine’s Montreal
  • Larry Lenke, MD
    Columbia University

  • Noelle Larson, MD
    Mayo Clinic

  • Baron Lonner, MD
    Scoliosis and Spine Associates

  • Jean Mac-Thiong, MD
    St. Justine’s Montreal Hospital

  • Firoz Miyanji, MD
    British Columbia Children’s Hospital

  • Peter Newton, MD
    Rady Children’s Hospital

  • Josh Pahys, MD
    Shriners Hospital for Children

  • Stefan Parent, MD
    St. Justine’s Montreal Hospital

  • Ben Roye, MD
    Columbia Univeristy
  • Amer Samdani, MD
    Shriners Hospital for Children

  • Suken Shah, MD
    Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children

  • Harry Shufflebarger, MD
    Paley Orthopedic and Spine Institute

  • Paul Sponseller, MD
    Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • Peter Sturm, MD
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

  • Daniel Sucato, MD
    Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

  • Salil Upasani, MD
    Rady Children’s Hospital

  • Michael Vitale, MD
    Columbia University

  • Burt Yaszay, MD
    Rady Children’s Hospital

Emeritus Members

  • Alvin Crawford, MD
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Dennis Wenger, MD
    Rady Children’s Hospital

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