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Josiah N. Orina, M.D., FAANS

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  • Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Neurological Surgery

Special focus

  • Neurosurgery
  • Scoliosis
  • Spinal Deformity
  • Spinal Surgery
  • Spinal Tumors
  • Vascular

Locations and contact

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About me

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
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.7 out of 5 (210 Ratings, 91 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. Dr. Orina's bedside manner is second to none, especially when it comes to surgeons. He is very kind, caring and best of all truly listens to the patient both with past events and future goals and outcomes. He is clearly a gifted clinician as well. Having worked in healthcare myself for nearly 20 years, OHSU and the patients of the PNW are blessed to have such a wonderful physician on staff.

  2. Very professional, compassionate, and attentive.

  3. Dr. Orina was polite, sincere, knowledgeable, and is a highly qualified spine surgeon.

  4. I felt that OHSU runs like a well-oiled machine. I was very impressed with the competency and everybody was so kind and I felt very welcomed there. Thank you.

  5. I appreciated he was very professional, took his time, explained things so that I could understand and I will now have follow-up appointments with him.

  6. Great care from top to bottom, little hectic getting checked in but the surgery team and after care team were superb!

  7. I had a very, very good experience with the doctor and was very impressed with him. And definitely look forward to him being my doctor.

  8. Had back surgery. Dr. Orina explained things well and answered questions

  9. It was fine.

  10. He was very kind, knowledgeable and gave me time to consider my next steps.

  11. Hi, I just want to say that he was an amazing doctor. He had bedside manner, he smiled, he helped me understand. He is amazing.

  12. The doctor is very knowledgeable. He helped me clear up some of the questions I had. The nurse was extremely helpful and understanding with my medical conditions that are ongoing! Nice personalities of both doctor and nurse who I saw! Thank you!

  13. Dr Orina is the best! He listens and explains what he thinks.

  14. He's a very good doctor and explains things real well.

  15. I was treated well by your Dr. I was under the impression my appointment was for a neurologist but it was for a second opinion on my spine.

  16. Very professional and easy to talk to

  17. Surgery was success 90% of my original pane is very tolerable. That means all involved in this surgery are in a great team.

  18. I have used him before. He has done surgery on my back before and it turned out perfect. found out I am using him again and expecting nothing but the best he does nothing but perfection

  19. I have great trust in Dr. Orina's capability as a neurosurgeon. I have the trust because of the way he approaches the issues. He is honest about everything in his answers when he responds to every question I had. And that's about it, and I would definitely refer him to any of my friends or family. That's it. I guess it's over, I can *

  20. I am very grateful for Dr. Orina. He very knowledgeable and focus surgeon yet as a physician he kind, compassionate and caring. After meeting him I am no longer worried about my surgery. I know I am in good hands.

  21. He was polite & to the point. He went over my X-rays with me & answered my questions.

  22. That doctor is the best doctor that I've ever had in my life and he's doing the best for me that he can. I'm sure that he is qualified to be anybody's doctor at any time. Thank you very much.

  23. Nice surroundings. Very pleasant place to meet. Dr. was great and answered all my questions.

  24. very good

  25. All staff and doctor were professional, courteous, kind and understanding.

  26. Extremely professional and easy to talk with.

  27. I think they did a great job. Seems to be real knowledgeable and seems to treat people nice.

  28. Excellent provider!!! Highly competent, knowledgeable, with empathy. Explains clearly and completely.

  29. Very professional. Hopefully he can help me with my problem quickly.

  30. I'm still recovering from this procedure, so my voice is a little bit off, but I will just say to this provider, Dr. Arena was very attentive. I really had a lot of confidence in his abilities to provide good medical care, and I feel like he went above and beyond. Him and his team went above and beyond expectations with how I'm feeling and the outcome, and I knew what to expect. And honestly, everything was a lot better and a lot easier than I thought. So I really do appreciate him and his team a whole heck of a lot. That's all I got to say. Thanks.

  31. Dr Orina is always thorough and personable. I trust him and his staff.

  32. Amazing and listening skills are great

  33. Very considerate. Always.

  34. Dr. Arena is very thorough and very compassionate and kind. And I feel like he did a really good job for me and continues to do so. I would recommend him to anybody. Thank you. END

  35. Dr is nice and explained clearly and accommodating..thank you

  36. He was right on time and very pleasant to visit with and gave me an excellent review on my surgery.

  37. Dr. Orina is amazing in his approach to figuring out what the issues are and how to proceed and I'm thankful to have him as my provider.

  38. I really liked Dr. Josiah. He was a blessing, and I would see him again any time and recommend him highly.

  39. Great doctor and staff. Highly recommend.

  40. Left with not many answers.

  41. *Dr. Joseph, Dr. Orina was just amazing. He was very attentive and I felt like he really listened and was very patient with me and I just would highly recommend him to family and friends and I really appreciate his commitment to my health and wellbeing. And so I really appreciate him very, very much and that's about all I have to say. Thank you.

  42. Dr. Orina was a great doctor and I really... I'm looking forward to having the issues solved with my back and hopefully get some things solved. Thank you.

  43. ok

  44. Dr. Orina is smart, communicative, kind, and he listens attentively. He is patient and open to questions. He has a calming influence. He is like no other neurosurgeon I have ever been to. I trust him completely.

  45. Absolutely, wonderful experience wonderful doctor, wonderful team. Absolutely wonderful.

  46. He is very professional, knowledgeable and a very good communicator. This was my first visit, and he answered all the questions I had. If I need to follow up in the future for any reason, I would definitely go back to Dr. Orina.

  47. Dr. Orina is an excellent educator. He presented information in lay language and clarified all my questions. He also took never pressed me for time and made sure that we covered all of my concerns. I am ever grateful for this virtual appointment. Thank you!

  48. Professional,timely, respectful, welcomed questions,interactive, listened.

  49. We came to agreement on what surgery needs to be done.

  50. Yes, it was actually all really good, except for when we were waiting for him. It was over an hour in the room waiting. That ... that wasn't the best best time, but he's a good doctor, but we waited a long time - over an hour. Thank you.

  51. He was very thorough and polite very knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with