Dr. Stephen Pirris MD
Neurosurgeon
4205 Belfort Rd #1100 Jacksonville FL, 32216About
Stephen M. Pirris, MD, is a neurosurgeon at the St. Vincent's Spine and Brain Institute in Jacksonville, FL. He was a consultant in Neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Florida from 2009-2015 and an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He was the director of the Mayo Clinic Florida spine surgery fellowship from 2013-2015. He received a BS degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MD degree from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, followed by Neurosurgical residency training at the University of Pittsburgh. During residency, he was awarded the North American Spine Society Clinical Travelling Fellowship in 2007.
Education and Training
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Residency 2009
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Internship 2003
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine MD 2002
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Professional Memberships
- Neurosurgical Society of America
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- Congress of Neurological Surgery
- Fellow of the American Association of Neurologic Surgery
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