Dr. Riew is board certified and his clinical interests include bone transplantation, cervical spine diseases, discectomy, joint surgery arthroplasty, radiculopathy, scoliosis and spinal cord diseases. Her research interests include artificial cervical disc replacement, effect of medications on bone healing and selective nerve root blocks.
“I think research provides the greatest potential for surgeons to make an impact on spine,” said Dr. Riew in a Becker’s Spine Review article. “If we all get together and try to figure out what is the best way to handle a given situation for patient outcomes, we’d be far better off. I also don’t think we have enough training for spine. Surgeons train in orthopedics or neurosurgery and then go on to a fellowship. I think that it would be better to have multidisciplinary training so that one trains in both neurosurgery and orthopedics and to spend several years just training in spine.”
Dr. Riew earned his medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at The George Washington University Hospital. He has also completed a spine fellowship at Case Western Reserve University.
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