Ralph Rashbaum, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of the Plano-based Texas Back Institute, has died, according to a Sept. 14 LinkedIn post.
Dr. Rashbaum was a founding partner of Texas Back Institute and worked with patients for nearly 40 years.
“I first met Ralph during my residency in Philadelphia. Little did I know then that several years later, Ralph, Steve Hochschuler and I would join together as founding partners of Texas Back Institute and become lifelong best friends. Everybody loved Ralph. Beyond being an exceptionally skilled surgeon, he was simply one of the warmest human beings you could ever know. For all of us at TBI, Ralph was the ultimate troubleshooter and the go-to colleague whenever anyone faced a difficult case or needed guidance,” Richard Guyer, MD, a founding partner of Texas Back Institute, said…