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Daniel C. Rohrer, MD

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About Daniel C. Rohrer

Dr. Rohrer is a board-certified neurosurgeon who has been practicing in Portland, Oregon since 1994. He treats a variety of neurosurgical conditions, including complex brain, pituitary, skull base, and spinal tumors, as well as a variety of degenerative spinal disorders, peripheral nerve tumors and syndromes. He operates primarily at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, where his office is located. He performs stereotactic radiosurgery at the Gamma Knife Center of Oregon. Dr. Rohrer has been a regional leader in minimally invasive neuroendoscopic brain and skull base surgery for over 25 years. As the Medical Director for Cranial Surgery at Providence Brain and Spine Institute since 2005, he has helped develop programs for minimally invasive surgery, neuroendoscopy, and high-field intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging (iMRI). This technology allows surgeons to resect brain tumors more precisely and completely, thus increasing survival while lowering complications and the likelihood of needing further surgery. Dr. Rohrer also specializes in cervical artificial disk replacement and minimally invasive lumbar surgery, which maintain spinal stability while lowering the need for fusion. He is the first surgeon in the world to have successfully implanted an artificial cervical disk in a fighter jet pilot and has since treated several others. . Dr. Rohrer obtained his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester. He earned his medical degree from New York Medical College. After undergoing a general surgery internship at North Shore University Hospital, a teaching center of Cornell University Medical College, he completed his residency in neurological surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Rohrer has also studied neuropathology at the University of Washington and has published research in molecular neurobiology and neural transplantation.

Medical School

New York Medical College
1987

Internship

North Shore University Hospital
1988

Residency

Oregon Health & Science University
1994

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery

Clinical Interests

  • Abnormal Vertebrae
  • Accessory Nerve Disease
  • Accessory Nerve Injury
  • Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
  • Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
  • Aneurysm
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Anterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
  • Anterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
  • Arachnoid Cyst
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
  • Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Thoracic Spine
  • Awake Spine Fusion
  • Back Surgery
  • Benign Neoplasm Of Brain
  • Berry Aneurysm
  • Biological Enhancement Of Spine Fusions
  • Biopsy Of Brain
  • Biopsy Of Skull
  • Bone Growth Stimulator
  • Brachial Nerve Tumors
  • Brain Laceration
  • Brain Surgery
  • Buckle Fracture
  • Bulging Disc
  • Burr Hole
  • Butterfly Vertebrae
  • Carotid Stenosis
  • Cauda Equina Syndrome
  • Cavernous Hemangioma
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
  • Central Venous Stenosis
  • Cerebellar Anomalies
  • Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery
  • Cerebral Cyst
  • Cerebral Decompression
  • Cerebral Edema
  • Cerebral Hernia
  • Cerebral Revascularization
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
  • Cerebrovascular Bypass Surgery
  • Cervical Disc Disease
  • Cervical Herniated Disc
  • Cervical Laminoplasty
  • Cervical Myelopathy
  • Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Cervical Spinal Stenosis
  • Cervical Spine Deformities
  • Cervical Spine Fracture
  • Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Cervical Spine Tumor
  • Cervical Spondylolisthesis
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Chiari Decompression
  • Chordoma
  • Cingulotomy
  • Clipping Of Brain Aneurysm
  • Coccygectomy
  • Colloid Cyst
  • Complex Spine Deformities
  • Complex Spine Surgery
  • Compression Fracture
  • Compression Fracture Surgery
  • Congenital Scoliosis
  • Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Cordotomy
  • Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Cranial Nerve Repair
  • Cranial Vault Malformations
  • Craniectomy
  • Craniocele
  • Craniocervical Junction Surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Csf Shunt Removal
  • Decompression Laminectomy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (Asleep)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (Awake)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation For Dystonia
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Cervical Spine
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Lumbar Spine
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Spine
  • Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Thoracic Spine
  • Degenerative Spine Conditions
  • Diplomyelia
  • Direct Lateral Approach
  • Disc Arthroplasty
  • Disc Replacement
  • Disc Surgery
  • Diskectomy
  • Dorsal Column Stimulator
  • Dural Graft Of The Spine
  • Electrical Sacral Stimulation
  • Encephalocele Repair
  • Endoscopic Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach
  • Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
  • Endoscopic Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Epidural Hematoma
  • Epidural Hemorrhage
  • Epidural Injection
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation
  • Extradural Abscess
  • Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
  • Facet Injection
  • Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
  • Flow Diversion For Cerebral Aneurysms
  • Foot Drag
  • Forestier's Disease Surgery
  • Growing Rods
  • Head Reconstruction
  • Hemispherectomy
  • Herniated Disc
  • Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Herniation Syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Image Guided Biopsy Of The Spine
  • Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (Acdf)
  • Interlaminar Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Interspinous Device Placement
  • Intracranial Abscess
  • Intracranial Arterial Bypass
  • Intracranial Arterial Occlusion
  • Intracranial Hemangioma
  • Intracranial Hemorrhage
  • Intracranial Hypotension
  • Intraspinal Abscess
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Kyphosis
  • Laminectomy
  • Laminoplasty
  • Laser Spine Surgery
  • Lateral Access Spine Surgery
  • Lesionectomy
  • Lobectomy Of Brain
  • Low Back Surgery
  • Lumbar Disc Disease
  • Lumbar Drain
  • Lumbar Herniated Disc
  • Lumbar Scoliosis
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Lumbar Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Lumbar Spine Mass
  • Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
  • Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Lumboperitoneal Shunt Placement
  • Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions
  • Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
  • Magnetic Expansion Control
  • Malunion Fracture Of The Spine
  • Mehta Casting
  • Meningioma Of The Spine
  • Meningocele
  • Microdiscectomy
  • Microsurgery Of The Cervical Spine
  • Microsurgery Of The Lumbar Spine
  • Microsurgery Of The Thoracic Spine
  • Microsurgical Laminoplasty
  • Migraine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
  • Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  • Motion Sparing Spine Surgery
  • Mri Guided Focused Ultrasound
  • Multilevel Cervical Arthroplasty
  • Myelopathy Surgery
  • Neck Arthritis
  • Needle Biopsy Of Brain
  • Needle Biopsy Of Cerebral Meninges
  • Nerve Compression Of The Cervical Spine
  • Nerve Compression Of The Lumbar Spine
  • Nerve Compression Of The Thoracic Spine
  • Neuroablation
  • Neuroendoscopy
  • Neurogenic Claudication
  • Neuromuscular Scoliosis
  • Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Nonunion Fracture Of The Spine
  • Open Biopsy Of Brain
  • Optic Nerve Decompression
  • Optic Nerve Surgery
  • Orbital Nerve Decompression
  • Parkinson's Disease (Pd) Surgery
  • Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
  • Percutaneous Trigeminal Rhizotomy
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Pituitary Surgery
  • Post Laminectomy Kyphosis
  • Post Laminectomy Syndrome
  • Posterior Cervical Laminotomy
  • Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
  • Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation And Fusion
  • Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Lumbar Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Spine Fusion
  • Posterior Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Posterior Vertebral Column Resection
  • Prone Transpsoas (Ptp) Technique
  • Radiculopathy
  • Radiofrequency Ablation Of Benign Spine Tumors
  • Radiofrequency Ablation Of Metastatic Spine Tumors
  • Radiofrequency Rhizotomy
  • Repair Of Brain
  • Resection Of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm)
  • Rigo Cheneau Bracing
  • Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
  • Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
  • Sacral Fracture Surgery
  • Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
  • Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
  • Scheuermann's Disease
  • Scoliosis
  • Scoliosis Surgery
  • Shevel Procedure
  • Smith Petersen Osteotomy
  • Spinal Abscess
  • Spinal Abscess Surgery
  • Spinal Cord Anomalies
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator
  • Spinal Cord Surgery
  • Spinal Cyst Removal
  • Spinal Schwannoma Surgery
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spinal Stenosis Surgery
  • Spinal Tethering For Scoliosis
  • Spinal Tumor
  • Spine Decompression Surgery
  • Spine Deformity
  • Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
  • Spine Embolization
  • Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Spine Fusion
  • Spine Injection
  • Spine Injury
  • Spine Instrumentation
  • Spine Mass
  • Spine Mets
  • Spine Microsurgery
  • Spine Reconstruction
  • Spine Stapling
  • Spine Surgery
  • Spondylectomy
  • Spondyloarthropathy
  • Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylosis Surgery
  • Spondylosis With Myelopathy
  • Spondylosyndesis
  • Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy
  • Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
  • Stereotactic Eeg
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Subcaudate Tractotomy
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • Subdural Hemorrhage
  • Surgery For Sciatica
  • Surgery For Spasticity
  • Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
  • Tarlov Cyst Surgery
  • Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
  • Thoracic Disc Disease
  • Thoracic Herniated Disc Surgery
  • Thoracic Laminectomy
  • Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
  • Thoracic Spine Fracture
  • Thoracic Spine Fracture Surgery
  • Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Thoracic Spine Injury
  • Thoracic Spine Mass
  • Thoracic Spine Stress Fracture
  • Thoracic Spine Surgery
  • Thoracic Spine Tumor
  • Thoracic Spondylolisthesis
  • Thoracic Spondylosis
  • Three Column Osteotomy
  • Topectomy
  • Transpetrosal Approaches
  • Transpsoas Approach
  • Transthoracic Discectomy
  • Tubular Discectomy
  • Ulnar Nerve Decompression
  • Ulnar Nerve Surgery
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulator
  • Vagal Stimulation
  • Vascular Malformations Of The Spine
  • Vater Syndrome
  • Ventricular Shunt
  • Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt
  • Ventriculocisternostomy
  • Ventriculostomy
  • Vertebrae Surgery
  • Vertebral Column Resection
  • Vertebral Epiphysitis
  • Vertebral Stapling
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib