Clinical Instructor
Phone: (412) 647-3685
e-mail: fernandezmirandajc@upmc.edu

Specilialized Areas of Interest:

Minimally invasive endoscopic skull base and brain surgery; open cerebrovascular and skull base surgery; brain tumors; pituitary surgery; three-dimensional endosurgical and microsurgical neuroanatomy; advanced brain imaging techniques; brain connectivity.

Biography:

Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda, MD, joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery on July 1, 2008 after completing a clinical fellowship in cerebrovascular surgery at the University of Virginia—under the direction of Neal F. Kassell, MD—and a two-year research fellowship in microsurgical neuroanatomy at the University
of Florida—under the mentoring of Albert L. Rhoton, Jr., MD.

Dr. Fernandez-Miranda, a native from Madrid, Spain, received his medical degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and completed his neurological surgery residency at “La Paz” University Hospital of Madrid. Upon completion of his residency, he was awarded the Sanitas Prize 2006 to the best medical postgraduate trainee in Spain.

His research studies on microsurgical neuroanatomy have been recognized by the P. Mata Award of the Neurosurgical Society of Madrid in 2006, and the Synthes Cranio-Maxillofacial Anatomical Fellowship Award in 2007. Dr. Fernandez-Miranda’s work “Three-Dimensional Structure of the White Matter of the Human Brain” was distinguished with the 2008 Aesculap EANS Research Prize, a highly prestigious award that the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies gives every year recognizing the best neurosurgical research done in Europe by a young neurosurgeon. The European Skull Base Society (ESBS) awarded him the ESBS Fellowship 2009 to support his contributions to the field.

Dr. Fernandez-Miranda is currently serving as staff member and scientific advisor of the Pittsburgh Brain Connectivity Competition with the goal of advance imaging technology to develop a Connectome Map, a comprehensive structural/functional description of the network elements and connections forming the human brain. Additionally, he is pursuing the application of advanced fiber mapping techniques (“functional tractography”) for presurgical planning in neuroendoport surgery.

Dr. Fernandez-Miranda's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Board Certifications

Spanish Society of Neurosurgery, Spanish Ministry of Science and Education
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, European Board of Neurosurgery.

Hospital Privileges

UPMC Presbyterian

Professional Organization Membership

Spanish Society of Neurosurgery
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies
American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Editorial Service

• Ad Hoc Reviewer:

Journal of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery