Faculty & Staff Directory
Juan Pedro Giraldo, MD
Sonntag Spine Center & VR Laboratory
Dr. Juan P. Giraldo is currently a neurosurgery resident at Wake Forest University and serves as an Associate Researcher within the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Sonntag Spine Center, where he became the first Virtual Reality Fellow under the mentorship of Juan S. Uribe, MD.
Dr. Giraldo earned his medical doctorate from CES University in Medellin, Colombia. During his early medical training, he joined Dr. Uribe’s team, dedicating himself to pioneering innovations in neurosurgical education. His work focuses on cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality, mixed reality modules, and artificial intelligence for surgical training and education.
He is a leading advocate for global technology distribution in neurosurgery, developing scalable solutions that bring high-fidelity educational tools to low-resource settings. Dr. Giraldo has been instrumental in pioneering hybrid neurosurgical education models, blending virtual and hands-on training methods to expand access to high-quality neurosurgical learning across diverse geographic and socioeconomic contexts.
He also completed a focused neurosurgical internship at Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital in Colombia and engaged in clinical clerkships in neuroradiology and neurosurgery, strengthening his foundation in patient care and surgical sciences.
Dr. Giraldo’s research interests include the advancement of neurosurgical education, global clinical spine research, and the refinement of minimally invasive spine surgery techniques.
Contact Email: jgiraldo@BarrowNeuro.org
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Spine Virtual Reality Laboratory, Sonntag Spine Center, 2022-present
- Professor-Teacher, CES University, 2020-2022
- Specialized internship in neurosurgery, 2019-2020
- MD, CES University, 2014-2020
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Reciprocal Changes in Sagittal Spinal Alignment After L5-S1 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
Date: 08/2024
Authors: James J Zhou, S Harrison Farber, Nima Alan, Charuta G Furey, Luke K O'Neill, Juan P Giraldo, Zaman Mirzadeh, Jay D Turner, Juan S Uribe
Racial and Socioeconomic Status among a Patient Population Presenting with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage versus Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm: A Single-Center Study
Date: 04/2024
Authors: Ashia M. Hackett, Christopher O. Adereti, Ariel P. Walker, Elsa Nico, Lea Scherschinski, Emmajane G. Rhodenhiser, Adam T. Eberle, Anant Naik, Juan P. Giraldo, Joelle N. Hartke, Redi Rahmani, Ethan A. Winkler, Joshua S. Catapano, Michael T. Lawton
Stable Regional and Global Alignment in Patients Treated With Minimally Invasive Lateral Retropleural Thoracic Diskectomy Without Fixation
Date: 11/2023
Authors: Steve S. Cho, S Harrison Farber, James J. Zhou, Nima Alan, Luke K. O'Neill, Juan P. Giraldo, Laura A. Snyder, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe
Predictors of indirect neural decompression in minimally invasive transpsoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Date: 04/2021
Authors: Corey T. Walker, David S. Xu, Tyler S. Cole, Andrew J. Cole, Lea M. Alhilali, Jakub Godzik, Santiago Angel Estrada, Juan Pedro Giraldo, Joshua T. Wewel, Clinton D. Morgan, James J. Zhou, Alexander C. Whiting, S Harrison Farber, Nikolay L. Martirosyan, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe
Juan Pedro Giraldo, MD
Sonntag Spine Center & VR Laboratory
Dr. Juan P. Giraldo is currently a neurosurgery resident at Wake Forest University and serves as an Associate Researcher within the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Sonntag Spine Center, where he became the first Virtual Reality Fellow under the mentorship of Juan S. Uribe, MD.
Dr. Giraldo earned his medical doctorate from CES University in Medellin, Colombia. During his early medical training, he joined Dr. Uribe’s team, dedicating himself to pioneering innovations in neurosurgical education. His work focuses on cutting-edge technologies such as virtual reality, mixed reality modules, and artificial intelligence for surgical training and education.
He is a leading advocate for global technology distribution in neurosurgery, developing scalable solutions that bring high-fidelity educational tools to low-resource settings. Dr. Giraldo has been instrumental in pioneering hybrid neurosurgical education models, blending virtual and hands-on training methods to expand access to high-quality neurosurgical learning across diverse geographic and socioeconomic contexts.
He also completed a focused neurosurgical internship at Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital in Colombia and engaged in clinical clerkships in neuroradiology and neurosurgery, strengthening his foundation in patient care and surgical sciences.
Dr. Giraldo’s research interests include the advancement of neurosurgical education, global clinical spine research, and the refinement of minimally invasive spine surgery techniques.
Contact Email: jgiraldo@BarrowNeuro.org
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Spine Virtual Reality Laboratory, Sonntag Spine Center, 2022-present
- Professor-Teacher, CES University, 2020-2022
- Specialized internship in neurosurgery, 2019-2020
- MD, CES University, 2014-2020
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Reciprocal Changes in Sagittal Spinal Alignment After L5-S1 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
Date: 08/2024
Authors: James J Zhou, S Harrison Farber, Nima Alan, Charuta G Furey, Luke K O'Neill, Juan P Giraldo, Zaman Mirzadeh, Jay D Turner, Juan S Uribe
Racial and Socioeconomic Status among a Patient Population Presenting with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage versus Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm: A Single-Center Study
Date: 04/2024
Authors: Ashia M. Hackett, Christopher O. Adereti, Ariel P. Walker, Elsa Nico, Lea Scherschinski, Emmajane G. Rhodenhiser, Adam T. Eberle, Anant Naik, Juan P. Giraldo, Joelle N. Hartke, Redi Rahmani, Ethan A. Winkler, Joshua S. Catapano, Michael T. Lawton
Stable Regional and Global Alignment in Patients Treated With Minimally Invasive Lateral Retropleural Thoracic Diskectomy Without Fixation
Date: 11/2023
Authors: Steve S. Cho, S Harrison Farber, James J. Zhou, Nima Alan, Luke K. O'Neill, Juan P. Giraldo, Laura A. Snyder, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe
Predictors of indirect neural decompression in minimally invasive transpsoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Date: 04/2021
Authors: Corey T. Walker, David S. Xu, Tyler S. Cole, Andrew J. Cole, Lea M. Alhilali, Jakub Godzik, Santiago Angel Estrada, Juan Pedro Giraldo, Joshua T. Wewel, Clinton D. Morgan, James J. Zhou, Alexander C. Whiting, S Harrison Farber, Nikolay L. Martirosyan, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe