Daniel John Mazanec, MD, is Department Chairman of the Spine Center at Cleveland Clinic, a position he has held since 1991. He is also a Staff member in the Department of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease at Cleveland Clinic. Board-certified in internal medicine with a subspecialty in rheumatology, Dr. Mazanec’s clinical interests are evaluation and management of back pain, osteoporosis and bone disease and adult rheumatology.

A frequent lecturer at national and international meetings, Dr. Mazanec has authored more than 40 articles, book chapters and textbooks. He is a member of many professional societies and a fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Rheumatology and the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians. In addition, Dr. Mazanec has served as chairman for numerous professional committees including the Medical Advisory Board for the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the Lupus Foundation. He is a reviewer for the Spine Journal, Consultant, Archives of Internal Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.

After receiving his degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Dr. Mazanec completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. He completed a fellowship in rheumatic and immunologic disease at Cleveland Clinic.

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic

Rheumatology
Cleveland, OH USA
1980

Residency - University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital

Internal Medicine
Rochester, NY USA
1978

Internship - University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital

Internal Medicine
Rochester, NY USA
1976

Medical School - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH USA
1975

Undergraduate - University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN USA
1971

• Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine- Rheumatology

• Helms Medical Institute Medical Acupuncture Program, University of California Los Angeles

• American College of Rheumatology
• American College of Physicians
• North American Spine Society
• International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
• American Academy of Medical Acupuncture

• Acupuncture
• Adult Rheumatology
• Back and Neck Pain Treatment
• Evaluation of Back Pain
• Joint Injections
• Management of Back and Neck Pain
• Medical Acupuncture
• Viscosupplementation

• Aging Spine
• Arthritis
• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain
• Metabolic Bone Disease
• Neck Pain
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Sciatica
• Spine Wellness

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