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The numbers are such that it allows me to have the experience of having seen a lot of pathologies. When it comes to surgery, it is the volume that drives success. The more of anything you do, the more proficient you become.” Dr. Riew views this new venture as an exciting opportunity to establish a hospital devoted solely to the operative and nonoperative care of patients with spinal disorders. “Our program will include physical medicine, pain management specialists, and ultimately we hope to engage chiropractors, acupuncturists, and psychologists who will be dedicated to treating patients with spine disease. I believe that non-traditional types of medical management certainly have their role. I’ve been treating patients for 20 years and I’ve seen many people helped by chiropractic treatment and acupuncture,” says Dr. Riew. In addition to his clinical expertise, Dr. Riew has lectured internationally on cervical spine surgery, contributing to improvements in the treatment of spinal disorders around the world. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and more than 70 chapters and other manuscripts. He has also served as President of the Cervical Spine Research Society. “We will focus our care on patients with spine disorders, not just from the surgeon’s perspective, but also from the whole healthcare team’s perspective. There will be no patient that we cannot help in some way, from those with the most common problems to the most complex.” — Dr. Lawrence G. Lenke “My research focus is on the clinical treatment of cervical spine disorders, including artificial disc replacement and the use of motion preservation technologies that cervical arthroplasty requires,” says Dr. Riew. “I utilize a lot of the new biomaterials. We can do much more than what was done even 10 years ago in terms of motion preservation.” Dr. Riew received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University Medical School and completed residencies in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and in orthopedic surgery at George Washington University Medical Center. He also completed a fellowship in orthopedic spine surgery under the training of world-renowned cervical spine surgeon Henry H. Bohlman, MD, at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland. “Our goals are to give the best care that we can possibly give to patients with a spinal pathology; to promote and perform research to advance spinal care; and, finally, to teach the next generation of academic spine surgeons so that they can continue this work going forward.” — Dr. K. Daniel Riew Advances in Orthopedics For Patient Referrals and More Information Please contact us via phone or email to refer a patient to The Spine Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen or to request more information about the spine program. (212) 305-5974 • orthosrg@columbia.edu Dr. Ronald A. Lehman, Jr. Director, Degenerative and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Dr. Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., will serve as Director of Degenerative and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in the Spine Division, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia, and an attending surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen. Dr. Lehman specializes in surgery for pediatric and adult spinal deformities, as well as myelopathy, radiculopathy, spinal tumors, and cancers of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He offers particular expertise in minimally invasive surgical applications for the cervical and lumbar spine, as well as cervical spine arthroplasty. “There will be no patient that we cannot help in some way, from those with the more common problems to patients with complex and challenging spine disorders,” says Dr. Lenke. “Treatment plans will be developed from the perspective of the entire healthcare team – the anesthesiologist who takes care of the patient before and during surgery, the nurses and physical therapists who help the patient begin the recovery process, and the physiatrists whose particular expertise and significant experience in nonoperative spine care will benefit all of our patients.” The ability to address all of a patient’s needs in one location, drawing on multiple specialties, is key to the new program. “Everything will be dedicated to taking care of the patient on the same day, for example, pre-operative evaluation, imaging, or pain management,” adds Dr. Lehman. “We don’t want patients to have to come back to the hospital three or four times, even on an outpatient basis, whether they need surgery or not. Our goal is to make the experience efficient for the patient, as well as for ourselves. I think ultimately that is going to speak volumes for how well our patients do.” The spine care program will have three state-of-the-art operating rooms solely dedicated to spine surgery, with additional general operating and procedure room space available for less complex spine surgeries and procedures. “The new ORs will be equipped with the latest intraoperative navigation technologies, while The Spine Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen will feature EOS® imaging capabilities that allow us to see the entire skeleton from the skull down to the feet,” says Dr. Lenke. “When we operate on one part of the spine, especially in spine reconstruction, there is an effect on many other parts of the skeleton, including the neck, pelvis, and the hip and knee
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