Josiah N. Orina, M.D., FAANS

  • Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine
  • Division Head, Section of Neurosurgery Spine

Biography

Dr. Orina graduated from Harvard University with honors in Biochemistry. He earned his medical degree from Emory University and completed his neurosurgical residency at the Mayo Clinic. Following residency, he completed an orthopaedic fellowship in complex spine surgery at the University of California San Francisco.

Dr. Orina enjoys all aspects of neurosurgery and holds clinical and research expertise in diseases of the spine. He specializes in the treatment of spinal conditions including degenerative disorders, spinal deformity, scoliosis, reconstructive surgery, and minimally invasive techniques. He works to ensure his patients have a thorough understanding of their disease and the best treatment options available to them, whether that be surgical or non-surgical therapy.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.A., 2004, Harvard University
    • M.D., 2009, Emory University

  • Residency

    • Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2009-2015
    • Chief Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2015-2016

  • Fellowship

    • Orthopaedic Complex Spine Surgery Fellow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2016-2017

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Neurological Surgery Board Certified
    • Oregon Medical Board Licensure
    • Washington Medical Board Licensure

Memberships and associations:

  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • North American Spine Society
  • Society of Neurological Surgeons
  • American College of Surgeons
  • Scoliosis Research Society

Areas of interest

  • Degenerative spinal conditions
  • Spinal deformity
  • Scoliosis
  • Minimally invasive techniques
  • Spinal tumors
  • Awake Spine Surgery

Honors and awards

  • Harvard College Scholarship
  • Cum Laude, Harvard University
  • Portland Monthly Top Doctors

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • "Redefining the relevance of established cancer cell lines to the study of mechanisms of clinical anti-cancer drug resistance" Proceedings of the National Academy of the United States (PNAS) Nov 1, 2011
  • "Evaluation of current methods used to analyze the expression of ATP-binding cassette transporters yields an improved drug discovery database" Molecular Cancer Therapeutics July 1, 2009

Publications

  • A Comparison of Decompression Size and Craniectomy Speed of Reverse Question Mark Versus Retroauricular Incisions for Decompressive Hemicraniectomy

    Operative Neurosurgery
    1. Matthew K. McIntyre
    2. Miner Ross
    3. Jamila Godil
    4. Christina Gerges
    5. Erin A. Yamamoto
    6. Dominic Siler
    7. Josiah Orina
    8. James Wright

  • Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

    Global Spine Journal
    1. Charles N. de Leeuw
    2. Won Hyung Ryu
    3. Jung Yoo
    4. Josiah N. Orina

  • Preoperative Emergency Department Usage is a Sentinel Marker of Worsened Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Outcome

    World Neurosurgery
    1. Adeline L. Fecker
    2. Maryam N. Shahin
    3. Spencer Smith
    4. Jung Yoo
    5. Christina Wright
    6. Josiah Orina
    7. Won Hyung Ryu
    8. Clifford Lin
    9. Jonathan Kark
    10. Travis C. Philipp
    11. James Wright

  • Characterizing utilization patterns and reoperation risk factors of interspinous process devices

    Pain Medicine (United States)
    1. Hao Tan
    2. Erin A. Yamamoto
    3. Spencer Smith
    4. Jung Yoo
    5. Jonathan Kark
    6. Clifford Lin
    7. Josiah Orina
    8. Travis Philipp
    9. Donald A. Ross
    10. Christina Wright
    11. James Wright
    12. Won Hyung A. Ryu

  • Elective Versus Nonelective Spinal Fusions

    Neurosurgery
    1. Maryam N. Shahin
    2. Thérèse Weidenkopf
    3. Spencer Smith
    4. Won Hyung Ryu
    5. Jung Yoo
    6. Josiah N. Orina

  • Gender Differences in Operative Autonomy Using the Surgical Autonomy Program

    Journal of graduate medical education
    1. Elayna P. Kirsch
    2. Vishal Venkatraman
    3. Di Deng
    4. Katherine E. McDaniel
    5. Alexander D. Suarez
    6. Sean M. Lew
    7. Josiah Orina
    8. Howard Silberstein
    9. Ira Goldstein
    10. Grahame Gould
    11. Chirag D. Gandhi
    12. Chirag Patil
    13. Bradley A. Dengler
    14. Rajeev Dharmapurikar
    15. Shivanand P. Lad
    16. Michael M. Haglund

  • On-Call Workload Differences in Neurosurgery

    Neurosurgery
    1. Hao Tan
    2. Stephen G. Bowden
    3. Dominic A. Siler
    4. Brannan E. O'neill
    5. Maryam N. Shahin
    6. Adeline L. Fecker
    7. Samantha Fleming-Sheffels
    8. Seunggu Jude Han
    9. Nathan R. Selden
    10. Jesse Winer
    11. Josiah N. Orina

  • Risks associated with chronic cannabis use on opioid use, length of stay, and revision rate for patients undergoing posterior lumbar interbody fusion

    Spine Journal
    1. Joshua Brenne
    2. Emily Burney
    3. Kimberly Mauer
    4. Josiah Orina
    5. Travis Philipp
    6. Jung Yoo

  • Bone morphogenetic protein and cancer in spinal fusion

    Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
    1. David J. Mazur-Hart
    2. Erin A. Yamamoto
    3. Jung Yoo
    4. Josiah N. Orina

  • Milestones for neurosurgery sub-interns

    Journal of neurosurgery
    1. Stephen G. Bowden
    2. Hao Tan
    3. Michael G. Rothbaum
    4. Steven H. Cook
    5. Simon Hanft
    6. Jason Heth
    7. Peter F. Morgenstern
    8. Jeffrey P. Mullin
    9. Josiah N. Orina
    10. Jonathan L. Wilson
    11. Jesse L. Winer
    12. Stacey Q. Wolfe
    13. Lola B. Chambless
    14. Nathan R. Selden

  • Surgical site infection in thoracic and lumbar fractures

    Spine Journal
    1. Erin A. Yamamoto
    2. David J. Mazur-Hart
    3. Jung Yoo
    4. Josiah N. Orina

  • Utilization of Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty in the Management of Compression Fractures

    Neurospine
    1. Brannan E. O’Neill
    2. Jamila A. Godil
    3. Spencer Smith
    4. Ali I. Rae
    5. Christina H. Wright
    6. James M. Wright
    7. Donald A. Ross
    8. Josiah N. Orina
    9. Jesse J. Liu
    10. Clifford Lin
    11. Travis C. Philipp
    12. Jonathan Kark
    13. Jung U. Yoo
    14. A. Ryu Won Hyung

  • Effects of 24-hour versus night-float call schedules on the clinical and operative experiences of postgraduate year 2 and 3 neurosurgical residents

    Neurosurgical focus
    1. Stephen G. Bowden
    2. Dominic A. Siler
    3. Maryam N. Shahin
    4. David J. Mazur-Hart
    5. Daniel N. Munger
    6. Miner N. Ross
    7. Brannan E. O’Neill
    8. Caleb S. Nerison
    9. Michael Rothbaum
    10. Seunggu J. Han
    11. James M. Wright
    12. Josiah N. Orina
    13. Jesse L. Winer
    14. Nathan R. Selden

  • A reappraisal of anterior communicating artery aneurysms

    Neurosurgery
    1. Leonardo B.C. Brasiliense
    2. Jang W. Yoon
    3. Josiah N. Orina
    4. David A. Miller
    5. Rabih G. Tawk
    6. Ricardo A. Hanel

  • Familial intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas

    Neurosurgery
    1. Josiah N. Orina
    2. David J. Daniels
    3. Giuseppe Lanzino