Dr. Daniel Fahim, MD, FAANS
Professor, Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine
When it comes to spine surgery, Dr. Fahim’s philosophy is based on identifying the specific cause of your symptoms and tailoring a minimally invasive approach to address your problem and get you back to doing the things you love to do!
Dr. Fahim has been recognized by his physician peers as a “Top Doc” in Hour Detroit Magazine every year since 2014. In addition, Dr. Fahim has been ranked as one of Top 150 Spine Surgeons in the country by Newsweek ever since they began calculating such rankings in 2024. He has won numerous awards for his ground breaking research in neurosurgery. All of these accolades are a continuation of the excellence that he has always pursued and achieved, graduating with Honors from Princeton University and the University of Michigan Medical School.
• MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Department of Neurosurgery
• Baylor College of Medicine
• Methodist Neurological Institute—Weill Cornell Medicine
• University of Michigan Medical School
• Princeton University
• Harvard University
Dr. Fahim has been serving the people of Michigan and surrounding states with compassion and expertise since 2011. If you have a problem in your neck or back, or if you have been diagnosed with a tumor in the brain or spine, he would be honored to care for you or give you an honest second opinion.
• Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• Spine Tumors: Minimally Invasive, Surgical, and Radiation Treatments
• Brain Tumors: Surgical and Radiation Treatment
• Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacement
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Spinal Stenosis
• Herniated Discs and Sciatica
• Treatment of Spine Trauma
• Chiari Malformation
• Sacro-Iliac Joint Disease
Dr. Fahim is an award-winning researcher who has published over forty peer-reviewed articles in the world’s leading neurosurgical journals. Three of his articles have even been featured on the cover of the Journal of Neurosurgery. He has served as the Principal Investigator for randomized-controlled FDA trials. Dr. Fahim pioneered and was the first to describe several surgical techniques for complex spine surgery and reconstruction. His research focuses on improving outcomes and reducing complications. He serves as a reviewer for multiple neurosurgery journals and is serves on the Intech Open Editorial Board for Neuro-oncology and the Journal of Clinical Medicine. He has presented his research in over fifty cities in more than a dozen countries spanning five continents.
Dr. Fahim was promoted to the rank of Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in 2022. He has taught thousands of medical students and trained dozens of neurosurgeons who take care of patients all over the country and in the mission field. He has taught and served as a moderator at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Minimally Invasive Neurosurgical Society, the Michigan Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the European Association of Neurological Surgeons. However, as far as Dr. Fahim is concerned, the most important teaching he does is helping his patients understand what is causing their problem and how it can be treated. You can hear his most recent health podcast appearance here:
