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Fellowship Alumni

Celebrating the graduates of the FOI & FORE Spine Fellowship — physicians now practicing across the country in orthopaedic and neurological spine surgery.

20+

Fellowship Alumni

25+

Years of Training

1–2

Fellows per Year

Name Fellowship Year Status
2000–2001
Joe Ronzo, MD 2000–2001 Alumni
2004–2005
James Paraiso, DO 2004–2005 Alumni
2006–2007
Shane Andrew, DO 2006–2007 Alumni
2007–2008
John Gee, MD 2007–2008 Alumni
2008–2009
Brian Levings, DO 2008–2009 Alumni
Richard Drake 2008–2009 Alumni
2009–2010
Chuka Okafor 2009–2010 Alumni
2011–2012
Samuel Adu-Lartey, DO 2011–2012 Alumni
2012–2013
German Marulanda, MD 2012–2013 Alumni
Mark Graham 2012–2013 Alumni
2013–2014
Paul Lane, MD 2013–2014 Alumni
Thomas Nienke, DO 2013–2014 Alumni
2015–2016
Toby Moore, DO 2015–2016 Alumni
2019–2020
Michael Cronin, DO 2019–2020 Alumni
2020–2021
Benjamin Schnee, MD 2020–2021 Alumni
2022–2023
Alex Mierke, MD 2022–2023 Alumni
2023–2024
Brian Handal, DO 2023–2024 Alumni
Mark Woernle, MD 2023–2024 Alumni
2024–2025
Matthew Darlow, MD 2024–2025 Alumni
Donnell McDonald, MD 2024–2025 Alumni
2025–2026
Maksim Vaysman, DO 2025–2026 Alumni
2026–2027
Michael Marcinko, DO 2026–2027 Current Fellow
Nicholas Runge, DO 2026–2027 Current Fellow