Specialists of the Southeastern Spine Institute

Meet Our Doctors:	Physician Assistants:
Donald R. Johnson II, M.D. Steven C. Poletti, M.D. Leonard E. Forrest, M.D. John F. Johnson, M.D. George Robert Richardson III, M.D. Mark D. Netherton, M.D. William Blane Richardson, M.D. Richard Blake Dennis, M.D. Bennett D. Grimm, M.D. Ellen E. Rhame, M.D. Richard F. Frisch, M.D.	Virginia G. Blease, PA-C Courtney Bock, MSPAS, PA-C Daniel R. Butler, PA-C Suzanne E. Livengood, PA-C Kirsten Loeffler, MSPAS, PA-C Justin P. Swain, PA-C Amanda L. Thurber, PA-C

SPINE SURGEONS

Our Spine Surgeons are Board Certified or board eligible in Orthopedic Surgery. In addition, they each have formal, specialized training in the evaluation and surgical management of spine problems. Their training over the years has provided them the expertise to surgically intervene when the patient's condition requires this form of treatment.

CONSERVATIVE SPINE CARE PHYSICIANS Our Conservative Spine Care physicians have training in physical medicine and rehabilitation. In addition, each has special training in the non-operative management of spine problems. Their special training includes performance of EMG and Nerve Conduction Studies, also spine and joint injections done under fluoroscopy.

The Southeastern Spine Institute has South Carolina’s only Ambulatory Surgery Center dedicated specifically to spine health. This state-of the-art ASC  performs outpatient services that include less invasive surgical procedures where the patient can go home the same day.

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