CHARLES JESS RIEDEL

RIEDEL CHARLES JESS RIEDEL A McLean, VA neurosurgeon and founder of Virginia Neurosurgeons, PC, died February 15, 2016 at age 57 from pancreatic cancer. He graduated from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, with honors in economics from Brown University, and as Alpha Omega Alpha from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He trained as a neurosurgical resident at the New York Neurological Institute at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He was an NIH researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. After his residency, Dr. Riedel was on the faculty at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington DC from 1991 to 1997 and the faculty at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City from 1997 to 2001. For the past fifteen years he practiced with Virginia Neurosurgeons, PC at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, where he developed a state-of-the-art neurosurgical program. He was especially interested in computer-guided spine surgery and minimally invasive surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis, and was the team neurosurgeon for the Washington Redskins. After being recruited to Brown for basketball, Riedel walked onto the rowing team, where he was a member of the Varsity 8 that won the 1978 Head of the Charles Regatta and the 1979 IRA National Championship. A proud son of Ohio, he was the same guy to family, lifelong friends, and momentary acquaintances, and loved by patients, colleagues and staff. He was preceded in death by his father, Calmer J. Riedel; father-in-law, Dr. B. Holly Broadbent; and brother-in-law, Craig J. Bailey. He is survived by his high school sweetheart and wife of 31 years, Meredith Broadbent; sons, Jess and Will Riedel; mother, Anna Riedel; sister, Lee Ann Bailey; mother-in-law, Jacqueline Broadbent; sister-in-law, Elizabeth (Becke) Broadbent; nephew, Gavin Pinto; and nieces Katie Pickard and Joanna Leere. The funeral service is being held at 2 p.m., Sunday, February 21 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1205 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in his honor to The trustees of Columbia University: Neurosurgery Residents Research Gift Fund, In memory of Dr. Charles Riedel, 710 West 168th Street, Neurological Institute NI 4 Room 430, New York, NY 10032; and to the Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: In memory of Dr. Charles Riedel.