Our Team

Physicians

Michael E. Karnasiewicz, MD, ABNS Neurosurgery & Spine Care	Jarob N. Mushaweh, MD, ABNS Neurosurgery & Spine Care	Stephen A. Torrey, MD, ABNS, FACS Neurosurgery & Spine Care	Alan S. Waitze, MD, ABNS Neurosurgery & Spine Care	John G. Strugar, MD, ABNS Neurosurgery & Spine Care

Glenn G. Taylor, MD, ABOS Orthopaedic Surgery & Spine Care	William F. Flynn, MD, ABOS Joint Reconstruction & Sports Medicine	Frederick J. Watson, MD, ABOS Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

Alisa H. Darling, MD Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Electrodiagnostic Medicine	Mark A. Mashia, DC, MS Chiropractic Physician Acupuncture	Tamer B. Ghaly, MD Interventional Pain Management & Anesthesiology

Physicians Assistants (PAs)

Physician Assistants, or PAs, are licensed healthcare professionals who provide a full-range of services, including direct patient care, in all medical disciplines. Established as a profession in 1968, PAs deliver high-quality, cost-effective health care to the community. Requirements for licensing include a bachelor's degree in healthcare and a master's degree in physician assistant studies. PAs are certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

At NOSS, PAs are an integral part of the patient's pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative experience. PAs record patient histories, conduct physical exams on patients, establish diagnoses, and treat patients. PAs are the first assist in surgical procedures, and provide care in the hospital setting for post-operative patients. PAs and their supervising physicians are in constant communication; they are extensions of physicians.

To learn more about PAs, please visit http://www.aapa.org/about-pas.