I had been through a few surgeries and did not want another high priced medium performance surgeon who was in love with themselves. I did a lot of research and Dr. E. came up as the person who fixes all the mistakes others make. There are quite a few mistakes made on me so I could not afford another one. He was straightforward, exceptionally knowledgeable and when I did more digging it turned out that he studied at HSS in NY which is the best Orthopedics institution. He was not money hungry and did not push surgery on me. He even started out by saying that let's not do surgery and see if we can get you better with other tools.
Anything to do with you back and in particular neck, this is the person. Do not take a chance with gimmicks- which is what I did and pay with pain every day.