Orthopedics

The physicians and surgeons at Washington University Orthopedics are specialized in the areas of hand and upper extremity, hip and knee, foot and ankle, spine, and general orthopaedics.

In addition we have teams for general, pediatric and trama orthopaedics, sports medicine, and non-surgical orthopaedics.

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K. Daniel Riew, MD

Specialty Areas
Spine Surgery - Orthopedic
Cervical Spine Surgery
Spine Surgery - Orthopedic

Areas of Clinical Interest
Operative treatment of cervical spine disorders in adults, including traumatic, degenerative, inflammatory (e.g., ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis), and pathologic conditions

For information about Dr. Riew and his work with the cervical spine, please visit:

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Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards

Listed in America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2002 - 2008

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2003-2009 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Caring Spirit Award – Barnes-Jewish Hospital – exhibiting outstanding compassion and empathy for patients, 2001

Lee T. Ford Award for Academic Excellence, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University, 1998

The C. Richard Bowman Award, New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, 1987

The Ames Award, Harvard College, 1980

American Society of Spine Radiology. Best Paper Award for “Complications of fluoroscopically guided extraforaminal cervical nerve blocks: An analysis of 1036 injections.” February 2005

Cervical Spine Research Society Outstanding Clinical Research Award, 1st Place: “The ponticulus posticus: implications for C1 lateral mass screw insertion,” 2004 Annual Meeting, 2004

North American Spine Society Outstanding Paper Award, “The effect of alendronate sodium on spinal fusion: a rabbit model.” 2003

Cervical Spine Research Society Outstanding Basic Science Research Award, "Anterior spine fusion using a minimally invasive gene therapy technique." 2000

North American Spine Society Outstanding Paper Award, “The effect of Cox-2 inhibitors on spinal fusion.” 2000

Russell S. Hibbs Basic Science Award, Scoliosis Research Society, for the Best Basic Science Paper “Thoracoscopic intradiscal spine fusion using gene therapy.” 2000

North American Spine Society Outstanding Paper Award, “Can nerve root injections obviate the need for operative treatment.” 1999

Selected Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

Park JB, Lee JK, Park SJ, Kim KW, Riew KD. Mitochondrial involvement in Fas-mediated apoptosis of human disc cells in herniated lumbar disc tissues. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005; 87:1338-42

Ma DJ, Gilula LA, Riew KD. Complications of fluoroscopically guided extraforaminal cervical nerve blocks: an analysis of 1036 injections. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005; 87(5):1025-30

Park JB, Cho YS, Riew KD. Development of adjacent-level ossification in patients with an anterior cervical plate. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2005; 87(3):558-563

Rudzki JR, Lenke LG, Blanke K, Riew KD. Pseudarthrosis of a 39-year-old dens fracture causing myelopathy: A case report. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004; 86(11):2509-2513

Edwards CC, Karpitskaya Y, Cha C, Heller JG, Lauryssen C, Yoon T, Riew KD. Accurate identification of adverse outcomes after cervical spine surgery: surgeon records vs. symptom specific patient questionnaire. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2004; 86(2):251-256

Riew KD, Hurford RK, Taylor BA. Microsurgery of the Cervical Spine. Minerva Ortopedica E Traumatologica 2004; 55:185-200

Kim DJ, Yun YH, Moon SH, Riew KD. Posterior instrumentation using compressive laminar hooks and anterior interbody arthrodesis for the treatment of tuberculosis of the lower lumbar spine. Spine 2004; 29(13):E275-9

Anderson PA, Rouleau J, Toth JM, Riew KD. A comparison of simulator-tested and -retrieved cervical disc prostheses. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2004; 2(1):202-210

Kim YJ, Lenke LG, Cho Y, Bridwell KH, Riew KD. Free hand pedicle screw placement in the thoracic spine: Is it safe? Spine 2004; 29(3):333-341

Lehman Jr RA, Kuklo TR, Freedman BA, Cowart JR Mense MG, Riew KD. The effect of alendronate sodium on spinal fusion: a rabbit model. (winner of North American Spine Society outstanding surgical science paper award 2003) The Spine Journal 2004; 4(1):36-43

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For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. K. Daniel Riew

K. Daniel Riew, MD