He has research published in the Journal of Neurosurgery and received awards from professional societies such as the Scoliosis Research Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Federico P. Girardi, MD, is a spine surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City with a special interest in minimally invasive procedures and degenerative spinal disorders. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, Scoliosis Research Society and the Society for Lateral Access Surgery. Steven Glassman, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Ky. He completed the Leatherman Spine Fellowship and his residency at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, N.Y. He served as education council chair for the Scoliosis Research Society and the 2009 program chair for the North American Spine Society.