Director of Neurosurgery
Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists
John Knightly, MD, FAANS, FACS, a practicing neurosurgeon with a subspecialty interest in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, currently serves as President, Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists and Altair Health and Vice Chairman, Atlantic Neuroscience Institute. Outside of his clinical work, his other areas of specialty interest and research include health care policy, outcomes and registry science, and quality improvement. He has served as Chair of the Joint Section on Disorders of Spine and Peripheral Nerves for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) as well as chair of the of the Quality Improvement Workforce of the AANS/CNS and past AANS representative to the AANS/CNS Washington Committee.
On a national basis, Dr Knightly is currently Chairman, Board of Directors, for NeuroPoint Alliance and was recently appointed a founding member of the executive committee of the newly created American Spinal Registry (ASR). A Director on the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS), he also has appointments on several committees within the AANS, American College of Surgeons as well as the National Quality Forum.