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Office
530 1st Avenue
Skirball Suite 8R
New York, NY 10016Phone+1 212-263-5382Fax+1 212-263-8664
Summary
- Dr. Howard A. Riina is a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including NYU Langone Hospitals and Bellevue Hospital. He received his medical degree from Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and trained in neurological surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice 24 years. He specializes in cerebrovascular neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, and skull base neurosurgery and is experienced in brain AVMs, cerebral aneurysm clipping, skull base surgery, interventional neuroradiology / endovascular neurosurgery, and cerebrovascular disease. He has more than 170 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
- Barrow Neurological Institute at St Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterFellowship, Cerebrovascular & Skull Base Surgery, 2000 - 2001
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1994 - 2000
- Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1993 - 1994
- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1993
Certifications & Licensure
- AZ State Medical License 1999 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 1995 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
- NJ State Medical License 2003 - 2015
- PA State Medical License 1994 - 2004
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
- New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2011-2013
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Clinical Trials
- Super-Selective Intraarterial Intracranial Infusion of Avastin (Bevacizumab) Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 01
- Safety and Effectiveness of an Intracranial Aneurysm Embolization System for Treating Large or Giant Wide Neck Aneurysms Start of enrollment: 2012 Oct 25
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Interrupted Versus Running Sutures for Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery Cranial Bypass.Eric A Grin, Daniel D Wiggan, Karl L Sangwon, Jacob Baranoski, Vera Sharashidze
Operative Neurosurgery. 2024-12-06 - A comparative analysis of microsurgical resection versus stereotactic radiosurgery for Spetzler-Martin grade III arteriovenous malformations: A multicenter propensity ...Salem M Tos, Bardia Hajikarimloo, Mahmoud Osama, Georgios Mantziaris, Nimer Adeeb
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2024-12-03 - 5 citationsStandalone middle meningeal artery embolization versus middle meningeal artery embolization with concurrent surgical evacuation for chronic subdural hematomas: a multi...Huanwen Chen, Mohamed M Salem, Marco Colasurdo, Georgios S Sioutas, Jane Khalife
Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2024-11-22
Press Mentions
- Open Surgery Resolves Large AVM Causing Intractable Headaches | NYU Langone Health Physician FocusOctober 15th, 2024
- NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Awarded $1 Million in Recognition of Outstanding Care for Trauma PatientJanuary 17th, 2023
- NYU Langone Certified as Integrated Comprehensive Stroke Center, Setting the Bar for Regional Health SystemsAugust 31st, 2022
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