Dr. Alan Daniels is a spine surgeon and chief of spine surgery at University Orthopedics and The Miriam Hospital.

He recently shared what types of procedures he performs in his practice, how spine surgery became his calling, and why he thinks he has the best job in the world.

About Dr. Daniels

Alan H. Daniels, MD, is a Board-Certified spine surgeon who specializes in adult spinal deformities and other complex spinal disorders. He serves as Chief of Spine for the Orthopedic Departments at The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital. He is also a full Professor at The Alpert Medical School of Brown University and co-director of the Brown Spine Surgery Fellowship.

Dr. Daniels is a high-volume spine surgeon, performing over 500 spine surgeries per year. His practice focuses on patients who suffer from scoliosis, kyphosis, flatback syndrome, failed spinal surgery, degenerative spinal disease, as well as spinal trauma and spinal tumors. Many of his patients have undergone one or more previous spinal surgeries, although he also performs primary spinal surgery.