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    Domagoj Coric, MD

    Wake Forest University - Charlotte

    Dr. Dom Coric spent 25 years as a neurosurgical spine surgeon at Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates (CNSA) in Charlotte, North Carolina. He served 13 years as Chief, Department of Neurosurgery at Carolinas Medical Center (CMC)/Atrium Health. He also served as Executive Medical Director of SpineFirst and as the Director of the Carolina Center for Specialty Surgery, both joint ventures between CNSA and Atrium Health. He currently is the Jerry and Audrey Petty Endowed Professor of Spine Surgery at Atrium Health/Wake Forest University - Charlotte, Vice-Dean for Professional Advancement at the Wake Forest-Charlotte Medical School and the Enterprise Spine Leader, Advocate Health.

    Dr. Coric received his undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree from Duke University, graduating cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with Honors in Psychology. He earned a Master of Arts in Psychology at Connecticut College. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA).

    Dr. Coric has served as President of the Southern Neurosurgical Society (SNS), and been honored as a SNS Distinguished Practitioner. He has served President of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) and been awarded its Honored Guest. He has served as Chair of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine and Peripheral Nerves and is on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Neuropoint Alliance.

    Dr. Coric has served on the International Journal of Spine Surgery (IJSS) Editorial Board and as an Associate Editor, Section Editor (Complications) and Deputy Editor (Special Issues). He has contributed one hundred and ninety-one peer-reviewed articles and twenty book chapters to the scientific literature.

    He has served as a Principal Investigator in twenty-four Investigational Device Exemption (IDE)/Investigational New Drug (IND) trials and was national Lead, or co-Lead, Investigator in eleven IDE/IND trials.

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    Globus: Consultant (Ongoing)
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    Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing)
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    Premia Spine: Consultant (Ongoing)
    Pressio: Consultant (Ongoing)
    Spinal Elements: Consultant (Ongoing)
    Spine Wave: Consultant (Ongoing)
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