Dr. Arien Smith is a board certified and fellowship trained spine surgeon whose practice includes both adult and pediatric spinal disorders. He has the rare combination of subspecialty training in both orthopedic and neurosurgical spine surgery. He also brings to ANA his experience in pediatric deformity and scoliosis surgery.

Dr. Smith graduated from the Yale University School of Medicine in 2003. Prior to that, he received his B.A. in Biology & Spanish from the University of Rochester in New York. Dr. Smith’s post-doctoral training includes a surgical internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center and a residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery. Subsequently, he completed a Fellowship at the Spine Institute of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center.

Dr. Smith received the Novo-Nordisk Resident Research Award on Critical Care by the AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care in April 2007. He also completed research fellowships at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Ronald E. McNair Medical Institute.