Dr. Douglas Sung Won, MD, is a preeminent healthcare systems architect and clinical innovator with over two decades of experience building and scaling vertically integrated medical ecosystems. A physician by training and a visionary executive by practice, Dr. Won is renowned as a pioneer in the field of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS). His career is defined by the successful intersection of elite clinical expertise and large-scale organizational strategy.

Pioneering Innovation & Clinical Leadership

Beginning in 2005, Dr. Won was among the first wave of surgeons globally to pioneer endoscopic spine surgery, fundamentally changing the trajectory of outpatient surgical care. His commitment to innovation extended into medical device development as the founder of Accel Spine, a company dedicated to engineering the next generation of MISS instrumentation and hardware. His clinical insights helped bridge the gap between surgical necessity and engineering precision, contributing to the broader adoption of less-invasive standards of care across the industry.

Systems Architecture & Scale

Dr. Won has an unparalleled track record of building complex healthcare infrastructure from the ground up. He was the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute (MISI), where he developed one of the region’s first truly vertically integrated spine care models.

He later refined and scaled this blueprint as the Founder and CEO of Lumin Health, architecting one of the most comprehensive physician-driven, vertically integrated health systems in the United States.