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Howard Antony Riina, M.D.

Vice Chair Clinical Affairs
Department of Neurosurgery (Neurosurgery)

Clinical Addresses

530 FIRST AVENUE, SKIRBALL 8R
NEW YORK, NY 10016
Hours: Mon. 9 - 5; Tue. 9 - 5; Wed. 9 - 5; Thu. 9 - 5; Fri. 9 - 5
Handicap Access: yes
Phone: 212-263-5382

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Medical Specialties

Neurosurgery

Medical Expertise

Arteriovenous Malformation, Meningioma, Cavernoma, Vascular Neurosurgery, Brain Aneurysm, Head/Brain Injuries, Interventional Neuroradiology, Arterial Venous Fistula, Stroke

Clinical Responsibilities

Howard A. Riina is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, as well as the Director of Neurosurgery Residency Training Program at New York University Langone Medical Center. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received undergraduate degrees from both Franklin and Marshall College and the University of Pennsylvania in a dual degree 5-year bioengineering program in 1987. He graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 1993. Between his third and forth years of medical school he obtained an M.Phil in Biology (molecular neurobiology) from the University of Cambridge. He completed his surgical internship and trained in neurological surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with Drs. Eugene S. Flamm and M. Sean Grady. Dr.Riina has completed three fellowships: Diagnostic Neuroradiology with Robert Grossman, M.D. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Interventional Neuroradiology with Alejandro Berenstein, M.D., at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery Beth Israel Medical Center, and Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Surgery with Robert F. Spetzler, M.D. at the Barrow Neurological Institute. In 2001, Dr. Riina was recruited to Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian hospital to perform both open cerebrovascular surgery and interventional neuroradiology. He was Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Radiology and Residency Program Director of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital. He was Co-Director of Interventional Neuroradiolgy at New York Presbyterian Hospital prior to joining the faculty of the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Riina specializes in the surgical and endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular disorders of the brain and spinal cord. He has particular interest in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations of the brain and spinal cord. He has also been involved in new treatments for acute stroke. Most recently he has been involved the development of new minimally invasive treatments for cerebrovascular / skull base disorders and the use of super-selective infusion of chemotherapy to treat malignant brain tumors.

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Board Certification

2004 — Ab Neurological Surgery - Neurological Surgery

Education

1988-1993 — Temple University, Medical Education
1993-1994 — Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (General Surgery), Internship
1994-2000 — Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (Neurosurgery), Residency Training

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Fusion of intraoperative three-dimensional rotational angiography and flat-panel detector computed tomography for cerebrovascular neuronavigation
Leng, Lewis Z; Rubin, David G; Patsalides, Athos; Riina, Howard A
2013 Mar-Apr;79(3-4):504-509, World neurosurgery
— id: 334492, year: 2013, vol: 79, page: 504, stat: Journal Article,

Endovascular management of intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: a review
Santillan, Alejandro; Nanaszko, Michael; Burkhardt, Jan-Karl; Patsalides, Athos; Gobin, Y Pierre; Riina, Howard A
2013 Mar;115(3):241-251, Clinical neurology & neurosurgery
— id: 248992, year: 2013, vol: 115, page: 241, stat: Journal Article,

Metabolic response of glioblastoma to superselective intra-arterial cerebral infusion of bevacizumab: a proton MR spectroscopic imaging study
Jeon, J Y; Kovanlikaya, I; Boockvar, J A; Mao, X; Shin, B; K Burkhardt, J; Kesavabhotla, K; Christos, P; Riina, H; Shungu, D C; Tsiouris, A J
2012 Dec;33(11):2095-2102, AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
— id: 216192, year: 2012, vol: 33, page: 2095, stat: Journal Article,

Concurrent anatomic hemispherectomy and thalamic arteriovenous malformation resection
McCrea, Heather J; Knopman, Jared; Engel, Murray; Riina, Howard A; Souweidane, Mark M; Schwartz, Theodore H; Greenfield, Jeffrey P
2012 Aug;28(8):1273-1277, Child's nervous system : ChNS
— id: 175812, year: 2012, vol: 28, page: 1273, stat: Journal Article,

Short-term clinico-radiographic response to super-selective intra-arterial cerebral infusion of bevacizumab for the treatment of vestibular schwannomas in neurofibromatosis type 2
Riina, H A; Burkhardt, J-K; Santillan, A; Bassani, L; Patsalides, A; Boockvar, J A
2012 Jun;18(2):127-132, Interventional neuroradiology
— id: 169517, year: 2012, vol: 18, page: 127, stat: Journal Article,

MENINGEAL MELANOCYTOMA: A SERIES OF 5 CASES WITH REVIEW OF PATHOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Rodgers, Shaun D.; Marascalchi, Bryan J.; Strom, Russell G.; Riina, Howard; Samadani, Uzma; Frempong-Boadu, Anthony; Babu, Ramesh; Sen, Chandra; Zagzag, David
2012 OCT;14 6 6:106-106, Neuro-oncology
— id: 204942, year: 2012, vol: 14 6 6, page: 106, stat: Journal Article,

Intraprocedural Aneurysmal Rupture during Coil Embolization of Brain Aneurysms: Role of Balloon-Assisted Coiling
Santillan, A; Gobin, Y P; Greenberg, E D; Leng, L Z; Riina, H A; Stieg, P E; Patsalides, A
2012 Nov;33(10):2017-2021, AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
— id: 205322, year: 2012, vol: 33, page: 2017, stat: Journal Article,

Long-term Clinical and Angiographic Results of Neuroform Stent-Assisted Coil Embolization in Wide-Necked Intracranial Aneurysms
Santillan, Alejandro; Greenberg, Edward; Patsalides, Athos; Salvaggio, Kimberly; Riina, Howard A; Pierre Gobin, Y
2012 May;70(5):1232-7; discussion 1237, Neurosurgery
— id: 165600, year: 2012, vol: 70, page: 1232, stat: Journal Article,

Safety and maximum tolerated dose of superselective intraarterial cerebral infusion of bevacizumab after osmotic blood-brain barrier disruption for recurrent malignant glioma. Clinical article
Boockvar, John A; Tsiouris, Apostolos J; Hofstetter, Christoph P; Kovanlikaya, Ilhami; Fralin, Sherese; Kesavabhotla, Kartik; Seedial, Stephen M; Pannullo, Susan C; Schwartz, Theodore H; Stieg, Philip; Zimmerman, Robert D; Knopman, Jared; Scheff, Ronald J; Christos, Paul; Vallabhajosula, Shankar; Riina, Howard A
2011 Mar;114(3):624-632, Journal of neurosurgery
— id: 132456, year: 2011, vol: 114, page: 624, stat: Journal Article,

Associated Aneurysms in Pediatric Arteriovenous Malformations and the Implications for Treatment
Hoffman C; Riina HA; Stieg P; Allen B; Gobin YP; Souweidane M
2011 Aug;69(2):315-322, Neurosurgery
— id: 132460, year: 2011, vol: 69, page: 315, stat: Journal Article,

Vessel reconstruction device for treatment of bifurcation and sidewall intracranial aneurysms: Preclinical results
Killer-Oberpfalzer M.; Riina H.; Marotta T.
2011 ;17:152-153, Interventional neuroradiology
— id: 146275, year: 2011, vol: 17, page: 152, stat: Journal Article,

Endovascular treatment of spinal arteriovenous lesions: beyond the dural fistula
Patsalides, A; Knopman, J; Santillan, A; Tsiouris, A J; Riina, H; Gobin, Y P
2011 May;32(5):798-808, AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
— id: 132454, year: 2011, vol: 32, page: 798, stat: Journal Article,

Unruptured cerebral aneurysms do not shrink when they rupture: multicenter collaborative aneurysm study group
Rahman, Maryam; Ogilvy, Christopher S; Zipfel, Gregory J; Derdeyn, Colin P; Siddiqui, Adnan H; Bulsara, Ketan R; Kim, Louis J; Riina, Howard A; Mocco, J; Hoh, Brian L
2011 Jan;68(1):155-60; discussion 160, Neurosurgery
— id: 132458, year: 2011, vol: 68, page: 155, stat: Journal Article,

Super-selective basilar artery infusion of bevacizumab and cetuximab for multiply recurrent pediatric ependymoma
Rajappa P.; Krass J.; Riina H.A.; Boockvar J.A.; Greenfield J.P.
2011 ;17(4):459-465, Interventional neuroradiology
— id: 149971, year: 2011, vol: 17, page: 459, stat: Journal Article,

Bare Platinum Versus Matrix Detachable Coils for the Endovascular Treatment Of Intracranial Aneurysm: A Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis and Review of the Literature
Smith MJ; Mascitelli J; Santillan A; Brennan JS; Tsiouris AJ; Riina HA; Gobin YP
2011 Sep;69(3):557-64; discussion 565, Neurosurgery
— id: 132461, year: 2011, vol: 69, page: 557, stat: Journal Article,

Secondary clinical deterioration after successful embolization of a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: a plea for prophylactic anticoagulation
Knopman, J; Zink, W; Patsalides, A; Riina, H A; Gobin, Y P
2010 Jun;16(2):199-203, Interventional neuroradiology
— id: 132453, year: 2010, vol: 16, page: 199, stat: Journal Article,

Lateral transzygomatic approach to sphenoid wing meningiomas
Langevin, Claude-Jean; Hanasono, Matthew M; Riina, Howard A; Stieg, Philip E; Spinelli, Henry M
2010 Dec;67(2 Suppl Operative):377-384, Neurosurgery
— id: 132457, year: 2010, vol: 67, page: 377, stat: Journal Article,

Balloon-assisted superselective intra-arterial cerebral infusion of bevacizumab for malignant brainstem glioma. A technical note
Riina, H A; Knopman, J; Greenfield, J P; Fralin, S; Gobin, Y P; Tsiouris, A J; Souweidane, M M; Boockvar, J A
2010 Mar;16(1):71-76, Interventional neuroradiology
— id: 132450, year: 2010, vol: 16, page: 71, stat: Journal Article,

Surgical management of pediatric cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Rubin, David; Santillan, Alejandro; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Souweidane, Mark; Riina, Howard A
2010 Oct;26(10):1337-1344, Child's nervous system : ChNS
— id: 132452, year: 2010, vol: 26, page: 1337, stat: Journal Article,

Early endovascular management of oculomotor nerve palsy associated with posterior communicating artery aneurysms
Santillan, A; Zink, W E; Knopman, J; Riina, H A; Gobin, Y P
2010 Mar;16(1):17-21, Interventional neuroradiology
— id: 132449, year: 2010, vol: 16, page: 17, stat: Journal Article,

The combined approach to intracranial aneurysm treatment
Alexander, Brian L; Riina, Howard A
2009 Dec;72(6):596-606; discussion 606, Surgical neurology
— id: 132444, year: 2009, vol: 72, page: 596, stat: Journal Article,

Superselective intraarterial cerebral infusion of bevacizumab: a revival of interventional neuro-oncology for malignant glioma
Riina, Howard A; Fraser, Justin F; Fralin, Sherese; Knopman, Jared; Scheff, Ronald J; Boockvar, John A
2009 ;8(2):145-150, Journal of experiemental therapeutics & oncology
— id: 132448, year: 2009, vol: 8, page: 145, stat: Journal Article,

Balloon-assisted technique for trapped microcatheter retrieval following onyx embolization. A case report
Santillan, A; Zink, W; Knopman, J; Riina, H; Gobin, Y P
2009 Dec;15(4):453-455, Interventional neuroradiology
— id: 132451, year: 2009, vol: 15, page: 453, stat: Journal Article,

Bilateral carotid and bilateral vertebral artery dissection following facial massage
Chakrapani, Andrea L; Zink, Walter; Zimmerman, Robert; Riina, Howard; Benitez, Ronald
2008 Dec-2009 Jan;59(6):761-764, Angiology
— id: 132441, year: 2008, vol: 59, page: 761, stat: Journal Article,

Predictors and timing of hypotension and bradycardia after carotid artery stenting
Lavoie, P; Rutledge, J; Dawoud, M A; Mazumdar, M; Riina, H; Gobin, Y P
2008 Nov;29(10):1942-1947, AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
— id: 132442, year: 2008, vol: 29, page: 1942, stat: Journal Article,

Neuroform stent-assisted coil embolization of wide-neck intracranial aneurysms: strategies in stent deployment and midterm follow-up
Biondi, Alessandra; Janardhan, Vallabh; Katz, Jeffrey M; Salvaggio, Kimberly; Riina, Howard A; Gobin, Y Pierre
2007 Sep;61(3):460-8; discussion 468, Neurosurgery
— id: 132436, year: 2007, vol: 61, page: 460, stat: Journal Article,

Disappearance and reappearance of a cerebral aneurysm: a case report
Greenberg, Edward; Janardhan, Vallabh; Katz, Jeffrey M; Riina, Howard; Zimmerman, Robert; Gobin, Y Pierre
2007 Feb;67(2):186-8; discussion 188, Surgical neurology
— id: 132430, year: 2007, vol: 67, page: 186, stat: Journal Article,

Treatment of a giant vertebrobasilar artery aneurysm using stent grafts. Case report
Greenberg, Edward; Katz, Jeffrey M; Janardhan, Vallabh; Riina, Howard; Gobin, Y Pierre
2007 Jul;107(1):165-168, Journal of neurosurgery
— id: 132434, year: 2007, vol: 107, page: 165, stat: Journal Article,

Completion angiography for surgically treated cerebral aneurysms: an economic analysis
Stein, Sherman C; Burnett, Mark G; Zager, Eric L; Riina, Howard A; Sonnad, Seema S
2007 Dec;61(6):1162-7; discussion 1167, Neurosurgery
— id: 132440, year: 2007, vol: 61, page: 1162, stat: Journal Article,

Treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: looking to the past to register the future
Fraser, Justin F; Riina, Howard; Mitra, Nandita; Gobin, Y Pierre; Simon, Arlene Stolper; Stieg, Philip E
2006 Dec;59(6):1157-66; discussion 1166, Neurosurgery
— id: 132431, year: 2006, vol: 59, page: 1157, stat: Journal Article,

Vasospasm in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: diagnosis, prevention, and management
Janardhan, Vallabh; Biondi, Alessandra; Riina, Howard A; Sanelli, Pina C; Stieg, Philip E; Gobin, Y Pierre
2006 Aug;16(3):76-80, Neuroimaging clinics of North America
— id: 132428, year: 2006, vol: 16, page: 76, stat: Journal Article,

Is routine intraoperative angiography in the surgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms justified? A consecutive series of 147 aneurysms
Katz, Jeffrey M; Gologorsky, Yakov; Tsiouris, Apostolos J; Wells-Roth, David; Mascitelli, Justin; Gobin, Y Pierre; Stieg, Philip E; Riina, Howard A
2006 Apr;58(4):719-27; discussion 719, Neurosurgery
— id: 132424, year: 2006, vol: 58, page: 719, stat: Journal Article,

Preoperative embolization in the treatment of choroid plexus papilloma in an infant. Case report
Otten, Marc L; Riina, Howard A; Gobin, Y Pierre; Souweidane, Mark M
2006 Jun;104(6 Suppl):419-421, Journal of neurosurgery
— id: 132425, year: 2006, vol: 104, page: 419, stat: Journal Article,

Using CT in the diagnosis and management of patients with cerebral vasospasm
Sanelli, P C; Ougorets, I; Johnson, C E; Riina, H A; Biondi, A
2006 Jun;27(3):194-206, Seminars in ultrasound CT & MR
— id: 132426, year: 2006, vol: 27, page: 194, stat: Journal Article,

Mechanical embolectomy
Katz, Jeffrey M; Gobin, Y Pierre; Segal, Alan Z; Riina, Howard A
2005 Jul;16(3):E7-E7, Neurosurgery clinics of North America
— id: 132420, year: 2005, vol: 16, page: E7, stat: Journal Article,

Advances in endovascular aneurysm treatment: are we making a difference?
Katz, Jeffrey M; Tsiouris, Apostolos J; Biondi, Alessandra; Salvaggio, Kimberly A; Ougorets, Igor; Stieg, Philip E; Riina, Howard A; Gobin, Y Pierre
2005 Sep;47(9):695-701, Neuroradiology
— id: 132421, year: 2005, vol: 47, page: 695, stat: Journal Article,

Intracranial capillary hemangioma: case report and review of the literature
Simon, Scott L; Moonis, Gul; Judkins, Alexander R; Scobie, Janice; Burnett, Mark G; Riina, Howard A; Judy, Kevin D
2005 Aug;64(2):154-159, Surgical neurology
— id: 132422, year: 2005, vol: 64, page: 154, stat: Journal Article,

Endovascular procedures for treating wide-necked aneurysms
Wells-Roth, David; Biondi, Alessandra; Janardhan, Vallabh; Chapple, Kyle; Gobin, Y Pierre; Riina, Howard A
2005 Feb 15;18(2):E7-E7, Neurosurgical focus
— id: 132418, year: 2005, vol: 18, page: E7, stat: Journal Article,

Endovascular management of dolichoectasia of the posterior cerebral artery report
Chao, Kuo H; Riina, Howard A; Heier, Linda; Steig, Philip E; Gobin, Y Pierre
2004 Nov-Dec;25(10):1790-1791, AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
— id: 132417, year: 2004, vol: 25, page: 1790, stat: Journal Article,

February 2002: 29-year-old woman with a skull mass for 2 months
Fung, Kar-Ming; Schwalb, Jason M; Riina, Howard A; Kurana, Jasvir S; Mindaxy, Justina M; Grady, M Sean; Lavi, Ehud
2002 Jul;12(3):61-62, Brain pathology
— id: 132408, year: 2002, vol: 12, page: 61, stat: Journal Article,

Identifying patients at risk for postprocedural morbidity after treatment of incidental intracranial aneurysms: the role of aneurysm size and location
Janardhan, Vallabh; Friedlander, Robert; Riina, Howard; Stieg, Philip Edwin
2002 Sep 15;13(3):e1-e1, Neurosurgical focus
— id: 132419, year: 2002, vol: 13, page: e1, stat: Journal Article,

Anterior communicating artery aneurysms
Riina, Howard A; Lemole, G Michael Jr; Spetzler, Robert F
2002 Oct;51(4):993-6; discussion 996, Neurosurgery
— id: 132409, year: 2002, vol: 51, page: 993, stat: Journal Article,

Unruptured aneurysms
Riina, Howard A; Spetzler, Robert F
2002 Jan;96(1):61-62, Journal of neurosurgery
— id: 132407, year: 2002, vol: 96, page: 61, stat: Journal Article,

Modified classification of spinal cord vascular lesions
Spetzler, Robert F; Detwiler, Paul W; Riina, Howard A; Porter, Randall W
2002 Mar;96(2 Suppl):145-156, Journal of neurosurgery
— id: 132410, year: 2002, vol: 96, page: 145, stat: Journal Article,

Reporting terminology for brain arteriovenous malformation clinical and radiographic features for use in clinical trials
Atkinson, R P; Awad, I A; Batjer, H H; Dowd, C F; Furlan, A; Giannotta, S L; Gomez, C R; Gress, D; Hademenos, G; Halbach, V; Hemphill, J C; Higashida, R T; Hopkins, L N; Horowitz, M B; Johnston, S C; Lawton, M W; McDermott, M W; Malek, A M; Mohr, J P; Qureshi, A I; Riina, H; Smith, W S; Pile-Spellman, J; Spetzler, R F; Tomsick, T A; Young, W L
2001 Jun;32(6):1430-1442, Stroke
— id: 132403, year: 2001, vol: 32, page: 1430, stat: Journal Article,

Grading and surgical planning for intracranial arteriovenous malformations
Riina, H A; Gobin, Y P
2001 ;11(5):e3-e3, Neurosurgical focus
— id: 132423, year: 2001, vol: 11, page: e3, stat: Journal Article,

Revision of deep brain stimulator for tremor. Technical note
Schwalb, J M; Riina, H A; Skolnick, B; Jaggi, J L; Simuni, T; Baltuch, G H
2001 Jun;94(6):1010-1012, Journal of neurosurgery
— id: 132404, year: 2001, vol: 94, page: 1010, stat: Journal Article,

Emergence of complex, involuntary movements after gamma knife radiosurgery for essential tremor
Siderowf, A; Gollump, S M; Stern, M B; Baltuch, G H; Riina, H A
2001 Sep;16(5):965-967, Movement disorders
— id: 132406, year: 2001, vol: 16, page: 965, stat: Journal Article,

Giant aneurysms
Spetzler, R F; Riina, H A; Lemole, G M Jr
2001 Oct;49(4):902-908, Neurosurgery
— id: 132405, year: 2001, vol: 49, page: 902, stat: Journal Article,

Future endovascular management of cerebral aneurysms
Riina, H A; Eskridge, J; Berenstein, A
1998 Oct;9(4):917-921, Neurosurgery clinics of North America
— id: 132463, year: 1998, vol: 9, page: 917, stat: Journal Article,

Cigarette smoking-induced increase in the risk of symptomatic vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Lasner, T M; Weil, R J; Riina, H A; King, J T Jr; Zager, E L; Raps, E C; Flamm, E S
1997 Sep;87(3):381-384, Journal of neurosurgery
— id: 123845, year: 1997, vol: 87, page: 381, stat: Journal Article,

Acetylcholine receptor molecules of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Fleming, J T; Tornoe, C; Riina, H A; Coadwell, J; Lewis, J A; Sattelle, D B
1993 ;63:65-80, EXS
— id: 132462, year: 1993, vol: 63, page: 65, stat: Journal Article,