Daniel Riew is professor of orthopedic surgery and chief of cervical spine surgery at Columbia University, and is internationally recognized as one of the leading clinical and academic figures in cervical spine care.
His practice is limited exclusively to the operative treatment of the cervical spine, making him one of only a handful of surgeons in the world with such a practice. Dr. Riew performs between 250 and 300 cervical spine operations each year, ranging from minimally invasive outpatient microsurgery to the most complex revision and deformity corrections.
He is dual board certified in internal medicine and orthopaedic surgery.
Dr. Riew received his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and a second residency in orthopedic surgery at George Washington University Hospital, followed by a spine fellowship under the cervical spine surgeon Henry Bohlman.
He spent 20 years at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis before being recruited to Columbia in 2015 as co-chief of the spine division, director of cervical spine surgery and co-director of the spine fellowship.
Dr. Riew has served as president of the Cervical Spine Research Society and as chairman of the international board of AO Spine. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and over 75 chapters, edited several textbooks, and has been a visiting professor or named lecturer more than 120 times in 22 countries.