Numerous DISC Doctors in Newport Beach Honored by Their Peers

DISC Sports & Spine Center (“DISC”) continues to earn recognition for its commitment to the highest level of patient care across spine surgery, orthopedics and pain management. This year, 15 different DISC physicians are being honored by their peers, with the accolades coming from two of the industry’s most respected programs, The Southern California Super Doctors® and the Orange County Medical Association’s 2024 Physicians of Excellence. These doctors are:

Joel S. Beckett, MD, MHS, neurosurgeon

• Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2024

Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, FAANS, neurological spine surgeon

• Super Doctors Hall of Fame; 14 consecutive years of recognition
• OCMA 2024 Physicians of Excellence

Nick Jain, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon

• Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2024

J. Patrick Johnson, MD, FAANS, neurosurgeon

• Super Doctors Hall of Fame Legacy Member; 17 consecutive years of recognition

Amer Khalil, MD, neurosurgeon

• Southern California Super Doctors 2024

Mark Liker, MD, FAANS, FACS, neurosurgeon

• Super Doctors Hall of Fame; 11 years of recognition

Bjorn Lobo, MD, FAANS, neurosurgeon

• Southern California Super Doctors 2024

Luke Macyszyn, MD, MA, FAANS, FACS, neurosurgeon

• Southern California Super Doctors 2024

Rojeh Melikian, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon

• Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2024
• OCMA 2024 Physicians of Excellence

Ali H. Mesiwala, MD, FAANS, neurosurgeon

• OCMA 2024 Physicians of Excellence

Russell S. Montgomery, MD, vascular surgery

• Southern California Super Doctors 2024
• OCMA 2024 Physicians of Excellence

Todd W. Peters, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon

• OCMA 2024 Physicians of Excellence

Michael Port, MD, interventional pain management specialist

• Southern California Super Doctors 2024

Leia Rispoli, MD, interventional pain management specialist and PM&R

• Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2024

Grant D. Shifflett, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon

• Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2024
• OCMA 2024 Physicians of Excellence

Since 2005, MSP Communications, has published its widely regarded, peer-reviewed Super Doctors lists across the country in newspapers, inserts and magazine special sections devoted to Super Doctors. The number of doctors appearing on the list in any given year is limited to approximately five percent of the region's active physicians. The special Rising Star designation recognizes the accomplishments of physicians in practice for 10 years or less. Honorees are also found online at www.superdoctors.com.

Now in its 20th year, the Physicians of Excellence program has become recognized as a fair and unbiased selection process identifying those physicians in the community who have exhibited the skills, training and commitment to their patients and the community to stand out above their peers as physicians of excellence. http://www.ocma.org/news-events/programs/physicians-of-excellence.aspx