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Juan Uribe, MD
Sonntag Chair of Spine Research
Vice Chair, Neurosurgery
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (602) 294-4485
Juan Uribe, MD, is chief of the division of spinal disorders, Volker Sonntag chair of spine research, and vice chairman of neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Uribe’s expertise includes the surgical treatment of scoliosis, spinal trauma, and spinal tumors, particularly with minimally invasive spine surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Society of Lateral Access Surgery, and Scoliosis Research Society.
Dr. Uribe earned his medical degree from Instituto Superior de Ciencias de la Salud in Colombia, where he also completed a residency in neurosurgery at Hospital San Vicente de Paul. He also completed a neurosurgery residency at the University of South Florida and a spine surgery fellowship at the University of Miami.
His research interests include anatomical, biomechanical, and clinical studies of applying minimally invasive spine surgery to complex degenerative disease, traumatic injuries, and tumors.
For more information or to request an appointment, please call (602) 406-3181.
View Dr. Uribe’s curriculum vitae here.
- Aetna
- Arizona Foundation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Medicare
- Mercy Care (AHCCCS)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, University of Miami, Department of Neurosurgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Complex Spine Surgery, 2000-2001
- Residency, University of South Florida, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, 2002-2007
- Internship, University of Miami, Department of Surgery, 2001-2002
- Residency, Universidad de Antioquia, Hospital de Vicente de Paul, 1993-1998
- Internship, Universidad de Antioquia, Hospital San Vicente de Paul, 1988-1989
- Internship, Clinica CES, Hospital General de Medellín, 1988-1989
- MD, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, 1988
- President, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- President, SOLAS
- Chair of Exhibits, Executive Committee, AANS
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- North American Spine Society
- Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Society of Lateral Access Surgery
- Scoliosis Research Society
- Southern Neurological Society
- Florida Medical Association
- Sociedad Colombiana de Neurocirugía
- Best Clinical Paper Award, Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Meeting, Descriptive Analysis Lumbar Plexus Syndromes after Lateral Retroperitoneal Transpsoas Approach: Diagnostic standardization, 2012
- Best Research Abstract, Fifth Annual Society of Lateral Access Surgery Meeting, Anterior longitudinal ligament anatomy from the perspective of minimally invasive lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach: a cadaveric anatomic study, 2012
- Best Research Abstract, Fourth Annual Society of Lateral Access Surgery Meeting, The anatomic relationship of the diaphragm to the thoracolumbar junction during the MIS lateral extracoelomic approach, 2011
- Platinum Annual Research Award, University of South Florida, 2010
Anatomical positional changes in the lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Date: 09/2022
Authors: Shashank V. Gandhi, Robert Dugan, Samuel H. Farber, Jakub Godzik, Lea Alhilali, Juan S. Uribe
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy Construct Optimization: A Cadaveric Study of Various Multirod and Interbody Configurations
Date: 01/2022
Authors: Bernardo de Pereira, Jakub Godzik, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Anna G. Sawa, Randall J. Hlubek, Juan S. Uribe, Brian P. Kelly, Jay D. Turner
Biomechanics of a laterally placed sacroiliac joint fusion device supplemental to S2 alar-iliac fixation in a long-segment adult spinal deformity construct: a cadaveric study of stability and strain distribution
Date: 01/2022
Authors: Bernardo de Andrada Pereira, Piyanat Wangsawatwong, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Anna G. Sawa, Derek P. Lindsey, Scott A. Yerby, Jakub Godzik, Alexis M. Waguespack, Juan S. Uribe, Brian P. Kelly
Does the Choice of Spinal Interbody Fusion Approach Significantly Affect Adjacent Segment Mobility?
Date: 11/2021
Authors: Piyanat Wangsawatwong, Anna G. Sawa, Bernardo de Pereira, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe, Brian P. Kelly
Influence of Lumbar Lordosis on Posterior Rod Strain in Long-Segment Construct During Biomechanical Loading: A Cadaveric Study
Date: 09/2021
Authors: Bernardo de Andrada Pereira, Anna G. Sawa, Jakub Godzik, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Juan S. Uribe, Jay D. Turner, Brian P. Kelly
- English
- Spanish
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (602) 294-4485
Juan Uribe, MD
Sonntag Chair of Spine Research
Vice Chair, Neurosurgery
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (602) 294-4485
Juan Uribe, MD, is chief of the division of spinal disorders, Volker Sonntag chair of spine research, and vice chairman of neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Uribe’s expertise includes the surgical treatment of scoliosis, spinal trauma, and spinal tumors, particularly with minimally invasive spine surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Society of Lateral Access Surgery, and Scoliosis Research Society.
Dr. Uribe earned his medical degree from Instituto Superior de Ciencias de la Salud in Colombia, where he also completed a residency in neurosurgery at Hospital San Vicente de Paul. He also completed a neurosurgery residency at the University of South Florida and a spine surgery fellowship at the University of Miami.
His research interests include anatomical, biomechanical, and clinical studies of applying minimally invasive spine surgery to complex degenerative disease, traumatic injuries, and tumors.
For more information or to request an appointment, please call (602) 406-3181.
- (602) 406-3181
- Fax: (602) 294-4485
- Aetna
- Arizona Foundation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Medicare
- Mercy Care (AHCCCS)
- United Healthcare
- Fellowship, University of Miami, Department of Neurosurgery, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Complex Spine Surgery, 2000-2001
- Residency, University of South Florida, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, 2002-2007
- Internship, University of Miami, Department of Surgery, 2001-2002
- Residency, Universidad de Antioquia, Hospital de Vicente de Paul, 1993-1998
- Internship, Universidad de Antioquia, Hospital San Vicente de Paul, 1988-1989
- Internship, Clinica CES, Hospital General de Medellín, 1988-1989
- MD, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, 1988
- President, Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- President, SOLAS
- Chair of Exhibits, Executive Committee, AANS
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- North American Spine Society
- Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Society of Lateral Access Surgery
- Scoliosis Research Society
- Southern Neurological Society
- Florida Medical Association
- Sociedad Colombiana de Neurocirugía
- Best Clinical Paper Award, Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Meeting, Descriptive Analysis Lumbar Plexus Syndromes after Lateral Retroperitoneal Transpsoas Approach: Diagnostic standardization, 2012
- Best Research Abstract, Fifth Annual Society of Lateral Access Surgery Meeting, Anterior longitudinal ligament anatomy from the perspective of minimally invasive lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach: a cadaveric anatomic study, 2012
- Best Research Abstract, Fourth Annual Society of Lateral Access Surgery Meeting, The anatomic relationship of the diaphragm to the thoracolumbar junction during the MIS lateral extracoelomic approach, 2011
- Platinum Annual Research Award, University of South Florida, 2010
Anatomical positional changes in the lateral lumbar interbody fusion
Date: 09/2022
Authors: Shashank V. Gandhi, Robert Dugan, Samuel H. Farber, Jakub Godzik, Lea Alhilali, Juan S. Uribe
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy Construct Optimization: A Cadaveric Study of Various Multirod and Interbody Configurations
Date: 01/2022
Authors: Bernardo de Pereira, Jakub Godzik, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Anna G. Sawa, Randall J. Hlubek, Juan S. Uribe, Brian P. Kelly, Jay D. Turner
Biomechanics of a laterally placed sacroiliac joint fusion device supplemental to S2 alar-iliac fixation in a long-segment adult spinal deformity construct: a cadaveric study of stability and strain distribution
Date: 01/2022
Authors: Bernardo de Andrada Pereira, Piyanat Wangsawatwong, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Anna G. Sawa, Derek P. Lindsey, Scott A. Yerby, Jakub Godzik, Alexis M. Waguespack, Juan S. Uribe, Brian P. Kelly
Does the Choice of Spinal Interbody Fusion Approach Significantly Affect Adjacent Segment Mobility?
Date: 11/2021
Authors: Piyanat Wangsawatwong, Anna G. Sawa, Bernardo de Pereira, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe, Brian P. Kelly
Influence of Lumbar Lordosis on Posterior Rod Strain in Long-Segment Construct During Biomechanical Loading: A Cadaveric Study
Date: 09/2021
Authors: Bernardo de Andrada Pereira, Anna G. Sawa, Jakub Godzik, Jennifer N. Lehrman, Juan S. Uribe, Jay D. Turner, Brian P. Kelly
- English
- Spanish
