Daveed D. Frazier

Daveed D. Frazier, M.D. is a renowned spine surgeon and president of Orthopaedic Associates of New York, PC. This group is the oldest orthopaedic surgery group in Manhattan and serves many Broadway shows and the New York City Ballet. Prior to joining John Leguizamo as a producer of this show, Dr. Frazier invested in a number of Broadway productions including Driving Miss Daisy with James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave, A View from the Bridge with Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber, and Deuce with Angela Lansbury. He is on staff at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and Long Island College Hospital, and serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Columbia University and at Downstate Medical Center. He's currently partnering with 30 of the top minimally invasive spine surgeons in the world to develop an international spine surgery center in Cyprus, focusing on medical tourism. Dr. Frazier attended Brown University and graduated with honors from Harvard Medical School. During a sabbatical between his residency and two subsequent spine fellowships, Dr. Frazier moved to New Mexico where he worked on a Navajo Indian reservation as a general orthopaedic surgeon. He continues this type of altruistic work as a board member for a number of charities including Nuvasive's Cheetah Foundation and Film Aid, on whose behalf he travels and raises money for refugee camps around the world.