Our Atlanta Brain and Spine Care staff is the premier Atlanta spine care team, offering patients superb attention throughout their treatment and recovery process. Our Atlanta team excels in distinguished care to all patients, furthering the rapport between patient and doctor. The team is always here to provide patients with a support system as they recover, and to ensure patients are hitting their recovery goals through various forms of treatments.
Our Neurosurgeons
Dr. Steven D. Wray, a board certified neurosurgeon, is the past President of Atlanta Brain and Spine Care. Dr. Wray aspires to educate his patients on their condition, while nurturing the doctor-patient relationship.
Since 1999, Dr. Roger H. Frankel has devoted his career to patients needing basic and complex neurosurgical care. Dr. Frankel currently serves as the President of the Georgia Neurological Society.
Dr. David M. Benglis, Jr., M.D. is a Board Certified Neurosurgeon who has been Fellowship Trained in Minimally Invasive Complex Spine Surgery. He performs outpatient minimally invasive surgery at Perimeter Surgery Center and other operations at Piedmont Main Campus.
Dr. Gary R. Gropper is a recognized leader in the neurosurgical community, and has been practicing neurosurgery in Atlanta since 1986. His areas of specialty include Lumbar Spinal Stenosis surgery, Hydrocephalus, and Cervical Disc Disease and Spondylosis.
Dr. Michele M. Johnson is a fellowship-trained, board certified neurosurgeon at Atlanta Brain and Spine Care. She specializes in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery for a variety of conditions, including degenerative spinal disease and spinal cord injury.
Dr. Joshua T. Wewel is a fellowship trained, Board Certified Neurosurgeon with Piedmont Hospital and Atlanta Brain and Spine Care. Dr. Wewel’s expertise includes the surgical treatment of herniated discs, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, spinal tumors and trauma.
Dr. Mena G. Kerolus is a neurosurgeon with dual orthopedic and neurosurgery fellowship training in spinal deformity and scoliosis surgery. He has special interests in robotic spine surgery, minimally invasive surgery when appropriate and motion preservation surgery.
Laura Ellen Prado is a Nurse Practitioner who partners closely with Dr. Regis W. Haid, Jr. She is involved in the entire continuum of care of his patients and you will see her in the office, the operating room and the hospital.
Jane Yoffe, a native to Greensboro, NC with a Master’s in Nursing degree from Georgia State University, is a Certified Nurse Practitioner with Atlanta Brain and Spine Care who treats patients and assists in surgery alongside Dr Frankel.
Melissa P. Voyles is a certified Physician Assistant, working closely with Dr. Steven Wray. Since graduating from George Washington University, she has worked exclusively in spine surgery.
Jessica Shyr is a Certified Physician Assistant with Atlanta Brain and Spine Care who treats patients and assists in surgery under the direction Dr. David Benglis.
Administrative Staff
