The physicians in the room.
An orthopaedic spine surgeon and a neurosurgeon. Between them: two fellowship trainings, faculty appointments, hospital privileges across Florida, and a publication record you can check — because on a medical site, you should be able to.
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- Publications, chapters, abstracts & posters across the team
Douglas A. Hollern, MD, FAAOS
Orthopaedic Spine SurgeonCervical & lumbar spine — disc preservation, Miami
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery — certified 2024
Spine Surgery / AO Fellowship — University of Southern California · 2021–22
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency — SUNY Downstate / Kings County Hospital · 2016–21
Spine Research Fellowship — Jefferson University / Rothman Institute · 2015–16
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic & Spine Surgery, FIU College of Medicine
Attending privileges at Mercy (HCA), Baptist Health Doctors Hospital, Jackson South, and Larkin — all in Miami
24 peer-reviewed publications and 8 textbook chapters on spine surgery
United States Marine Corps, 2003–2007
24 peer-reviewed papers, plus 8 book chapters
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Kyle Oaks Colle, DO, FACOS
NeurosurgeonNeurosurgical spine — minimally invasive techniques
Board-certified, American Osteopathic Board of Surgery — Neurological Surgery
Fellow, American College of Osteopathic Surgeons — 2014
Neurosurgical Spine Fellowship — Barrow Neurological Institute · 2007–08
Chief Resident, Neurosurgery — North Shore–Long Island Jewish Health System · 2004–07
Neurosurgical Residency — Barrow Neurological Institute · 2002–04
Partner–President, Regional Brain & Spine, 2007–2021
Published on minimally invasive lumbar fusion and cervical disc-prosthesis biomechanics
U.S. Army flight surgeon — 17th Aviation Brigade, Korea; Ft. Benning, 1997–2001
15 papers, abstracts & posters
Full profileHave one of them read your scan.
A physician screens the MRI you already have and tells you in writing whether you appear to be a candidate — before you spend anything, least of all a flight.