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Peggy Schmidt Provenzano

Bio: Peggy’s battle with scoliosis began at age 14, though it wasn’t until her late twenties that the condition became debilitating. Despite her lifelong commitment to fitness and exercise, Peggy’s scoliosis worsened, leading to frequent flare-ups of severe pain that often left her incapacitated. Over the years, she sought relief through various treatments, including medications,

John Poulson

Bio: John’s journey with scoliosis began at age 14 when a routine physical revealed an S-curve in his thoracic spine. Although he had no symptoms at the time, doctors recommended spinal fusion surgery. Unwilling to give up his passion for athletics, John opted instead to wear a Milwaukee brace for several years while continuing to

Alpesh Patel, MD

Dr. Alpesh Patel is a spine surgeon with a passion for improving health care. His dedication to the field began in the operating room and has expanded into expertise in medical device innovation, health outcomes research, and predictive analytics. The teams he has led have grown from focused surgical groups to cross-functional projects spanning various

David Polly, MD

Dr. Polly is a professor and chief of spine surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. He holds the James W. Ogilvie Chair and the Catherine Mills Davis Land Grant Chair in Biomechanical Engineering. He is nationally and internationally recognized for biomechanics and outcomes research. He cares for complex pediatric and adult spine conditions and

Jason W. Savage, MD

Jason W. Savage, MD is an orthopaedic spine surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He graduated from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ (2006). Thereafter, he completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern

Patrick O’Connor

Patrick O’Connor is an accomplished medical device marketing professional with over 20 years of leadership experience in leveraging novel market development strategies, clinical trial patient enrollment acceleration initiatives, key opinion leading surgeon relationship development, clinical publication efforts and medical society leadership engagement to successfully launch new technologies. Highly effective market development leader with an established