Richard Wohns

Dr. Wohns is an alumnus of Harvard College where he received a Magna Cum Laude in Biochemistry. He attended Yale Medical School, University of Washington Business School and Seattle University School of Law, and for the past 20 years, has been an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington. He has held positions at professional societies including serving on the Ethics Committee for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and being Vice President, and now President of the Western Neurosurgical Society. Dr. Wohns is a member of multiple medical and climbing associations, an expert consultant to several organizations, and has authored many articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals plus chapters in medical books. Several of the articles include “firsts” in outpatient spine surgery.

In February 2011, he was rated one of the 100 Best Spine Surgeons and Specialists in America and in February 2010, one of the 50 Best Spine Specialists in the United States by Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Review. In 2014, Dr. Wohns was listed as one of the “40 Smartest People in Healthcare.” Dr. Wohns has taken his expertise worldwide, sharing knowledge with fellow physicians and helping thousands of patients to return to their daily life and activities throughout his career in spine surgery.