Meet Your Team

Spine Team Texas and its specialists are setting a new standard in back and neck pain relief. Each member of our team is spine-focused, from physiatrists and neurosurgeons to physical therapists and registered nurses. Their commitment to compassionate, comprehensive care is not only our key differentiator, it’s our mission.

Many Minds. One Mission.

Meet Our Doctors

Meet Our Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners

Meet Our Physical Therapists

Our Doctors

Ahmed Embabi
MD

Anesthesiologist / Pain Management

Alexa B. Royston
DO

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Amit T. Darnule
MD

Anesthesiologist / Pain Management

Anthony P. Berg
MD

Anesthesiologist / Pain Management

Anton Zaryanov
DO

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon

Arpan Desai
DO

Anesthesiologist / Pain Management

Carver Wilkins
MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Christina Nguyen
DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Cortland K. Miller
MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Daniel T. Sanders
MD

Anesthesiologist / Pain Management

David G. Garrigues
MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Pain Management

David H. Campbell
MD

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon

David Rothbart
MD, FAANS, FACS

Neurosurgical Spine Surgeon

Egle Bávry
MD

Anesthesiologist / Pain Management

Elise Tran
DO

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Harish Badhey
MD

Anesthesiologist / Pain Management

Jennifer L. Donnelly-Straach
MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Joseph Platon
DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Mark J. Bauernfeind
MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Michael D. Garcia
MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Neil N. Patel
MD, FAAOS

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon

Nirav B. Patel
MD

Anesthesiology / Pain Management

Richard S. McPherson
DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Richard Zhang
MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Ryan S. Reeves
MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Sean Lam
DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Steven Tijmes
DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Pain Management

Physician Assistants / Nurse Practitioners

Dwayne Collins
APRN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner

Gayle Jasinski Rogers
D.C., PA-C

Physician Assistant

Jennifer Krick
PA-C

Physician Assistant

Kelly Peters
PA-C

Physician Assistant

Lisa Gauvin
MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner

Markus Bader
PA-C

Physician Assistant

Patrick Clay Buzbee
PA-C

Physician Assistant

Randy Farrer
MS, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Sean Harbour
MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner

Shelby Wegman
PA-C

Physician Assistant

Sylviane A. Kasende
MSN, APRN, ANP-C

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Vivian Yael Sarne
PA-C

Physician Assistant

Physical Therapists

Annette Lettiere
PT, MPT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

Cassie Zivney
PT, DPT, Cert. MDT, Cert. DN

Physical Therapist

Craig Cunningham
PT, DPT, Cert. MDT, Cert. DN

Director of Physical Therapy

Erin Goebel
PT, DPT, CLT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

Jennifer Vilchis
PT, MPT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

Katie Troseth
PT, MPT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

Matt Cerone
PT, DPT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

Michelle Hatley
PT, MPT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

Siva Sankaran
PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Cert. DN

Physical Therapist

Theresa Menditto
PT, DPT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

Tom Fairbank
DPT, OCS, Dip. MDT, Cert DN, FAAOMPT

Physical Therapist

Tristan Boyd
PT, Cert. MDT

Physical Therapist

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Meet Walt Rutkowski

Physical Trainer, Businessman, & Back Pain Conqueror

After enjoying physical training for many years, Walt developed a specific pain. He tried conservative treatments, but when it was time to find a surgeon, he knew who to call!

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