Multiple DISC physicians have been honored by Southern California Super Doctors and OCMA’s Physicians of Excellence.
DISC Sports & Spine Center (“DISC”) proudly announces that several of its doctors are being recognized for their work in delivering complex, minimally invasive spine care to patients across Southern California.
The prestigious honors were bestowed this month by two separate peer-driven organizations – The Southern California Super Doctors® and the Orange County Medical Association’s 2023 Physicians of Excellence. Eight different DISC doctors are named this year as follows:
- Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, neurological spine surgeon
- Super Doctors Hall of Fame for 13 consecutive years of recognition
- OCMA 2023 Physicians of Excellence
- Nick Jain, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon
- Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2023
- Luke Macyszyn, MD, MA, FAANS, FACS, neurosurgeon
- Southern California Super Doctors 2023
- Rojeh Melikian, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon
- Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2023
- OCMA 2023 Physicians of Excellence
- Ali H. Mesiwala, MD, FAANS, neurosurgeon
- OCMA 2023 Physicians of Excellence
- Michael Port, MD, interventional pain management specialist
- Southern California Super Doctors 2023
- Leia Rispoli, MD, interventional pain management specialist and PM&R
- Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2023
- Grant D. Shifflett, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon
- Super Doctors: Southern California Rising Stars 2023
- OCMA 2023 Physicians of Excellence
“When I founded DISC, my vision was to take the quality of spine care to the highest level, all within a state-of-the-art outpatient environment,” said Dr. Bray. “Over the years, we have assembled a team of physicians who share that commitment to excellence, and it’s a real honor to see them recognized by peers.”
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 19th 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

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discmdgroup DISC Sports & Spine Center (DISC) is a national leader in minimally invasive spine surgery, orthopedic surgery, and sports medicine care. Our spine surgeons set the standard in artificial disc replacement, spine fusion, discectomy, microdiscectomy and the full spectrum of spine procedures. The group’s orthopedic surgeons advance the state of joint preservation surgery and total joint replacement, including total knee replacement as well as total hip replacement. Our flagship surgery centers based in Newport Beach, Marina del Rey, and Carlsbad serve patients local to Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, as well as the rest of the country. Read more articles by discmdgroup.