Eastern Virginia Medical School Lydia Meyer Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation In 2004, when then-Department Chair Dr. Jean Shelton recognized the need to establish a spine center at EVMS, it was Dr. Antonio Quidgley-Nevares whom she recruited to accomplish that task – although he is quick to point out that Dr. … [Read more...] about Antonio Quidgley-Nevares, MD
Dean B. Kostov, MD
Riverside Neurosurgery Center Neurosurgeon, Neurointerventional Specialist When Dean Kostov was a student at University of Pittsburgh Medical School, his original intention was to become a cardiac surgeon. However, as he was doing extensive research, he discovered he had a passion for neurosurgery, and with the approval and encouragement of his mentors, he … [Read more...] about Dean B. Kostov, MD
Mark Bradley Kerner, MD
Bon Secours The Spine Center of Hampton Roads To most, it would seem a far distance from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to a Bon Secours operating room in Hampton Roads, but for spine surgeon Mark Kerner, it was merely a matter of leaving his career as a Systems Analyst to enroll in medical school. “I didn’t like the goals of banking,” Dr. Kerner says. “I … [Read more...] about Mark Bradley Kerner, MD
Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD
Spine Surgery Orthopaedic and Spine Center When Dr. Jeffrey Carlson joined Orthopaedic and Spine Center in 1999, he was the first fellowship trained spine surgeon on the Virginia Peninsula, having completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Trauma at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic fellowship in Spine Surgery at Harvard’s … [Read more...] about Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD
J. Abbott Byrd, III, MD, FAAOS
Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists When Dr. Abbott Byrd began practicing orthopaedic surgery in Hampton Roads in 1987, he was one of the few spine surgeons treating adult spinal deformity. Since the earliest days of his spinal surgery career in 1984, he has maintained a strong interest in research and innovation: that same year, with Dr. Randy Puno … [Read more...] about J. Abbott Byrd, III, MD, FAAOS
