MATTHEW HAZZARD, MD IS A NEUROSURGEON WITH THE LONGSTREET CLINIC IN GAINESVILLE, GA.  HE EARNED HIS MEDICAL DEGREE FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY, AND COMPLETED HIS RESIDENCY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE BECAME CHIEF RESIDENT. HE ALSO PERFORMED A FELLOWSHIP IN SURGICAL PAIN MANAGEMNET AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. HIS SPECIAL PRACTICE INTERESTS INCLUDE NEUROMODULATION FOR CHRONIC PAIN, MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY, AND SACROILIAC JOINT SURGERY.

VICKI SIMS, PT, CHT IS CO-DIRECTOR OF GAINESVILLE PHYSICAL THERAPY IN GAINESVILLE, GA. A GRADUATE OF GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, VICKI BRINGS OVER 40 YEARS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN BOTH HOSPITAL AND OUTPATIENT ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICAL THERAPY. VICKI IS ACTIVE IN RESEARCH AND HAS CO-AUTHORED SEVERAL CLINICAL PAPERS ON THE SI JOINT AND AUTHORED A BOOK ON UNDERSTANDING SACROILIAC JOINT DYSFUNCTION. SHE ATTENDS SURGERY WITH BOTH AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON AND A NEUROSURGEON TO ALIGN THE SI JOINT PRIOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION.

JEFF SKORPUT, PT BRINGS TO THIS COURSE OVER 35 YEARS OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN ORTHOPEDIC AND MANUAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES. A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM, JEFF ALSO COMPLETED A CLINICAL POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL THERAPY. AS CO-DIRECTOR OF GAINESVILEL PHYSICAL THERAPY IN GAINESVILLE, GA, JEFF'S CLINICAL EMPHASIS IS IN ORTHOPEDIC MANUAL THERAPY.