Juan Uribe, MD

Juan Uribe, MD, is Chief of the Division of Spinal Disorders, Volker K. H. 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. He was named President and Chair of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of Spine and the Peripheral Nerves in 2024.

Dr. Uribe’s expertise includes the surgical treatment of scoliosis, spinal trauma, herniated thoracic disc, 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.