Orthopaedic Surgeon in East Providence, Rhode Island (RI)

Alan H. Daniels, MD is a dual fellowship trained and board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon who specializes in complex spinal disorders. His practice focuses on patients with spinal deformities including scoliosis, kyphosis, and flatback syndrome.

Dr. Daniels also treats failed spinal surgery (ie, failed back surgery syndrome), degenerative spinal disease, spinal trauma, and spinal tumors. Many of his patients have undergone one or more previous spinal surgeries, although he also performs primary spinal surgery.

He serves as the Chief of the Adult Spinal Deformity service at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. Dr. Daniels is also the Director of Spine Surgery Research, an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Co-Director of the Brown Spine Surgery Fellowship.

Dr. Daniels received his medical degree from the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency training at Brown University, where he complete two fellowship programs: (1) Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship and (2) Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship.

His research focuses on spinal biomechanics, optimization of outcomes following spinal deformity surgery, complication prevention, and correction of complex spinal deformity.