Biographical summary
Dr. Pirris completed his medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. He stayed in Pittsburgh to complete his neurological surgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center. Dr. Pirris serves on the Executive Committee with the Southern Neurosurgery Society as the current Treasurer, the Board of Directors with the Florida Neurosurgery Society as a former President, the Robotics and Navigation committee with the North American Spine Society and the Board of Directors for the Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation that provides outreach missions as well as education and mentoring for underserved areas of Southeast Asia.
Dr. Pirris is the recipient of many honors and awards including the North American Spine Society Clinical Travelling Fellowship and has repeatedly been named as a Top Doctor by various outlets, including Vitals
Patient Choice, Top Doctors of America, Best in Florida and Jacksonville Magazine. He is also an accomplished author with over 90 academic presentations and 38 peer reviewed publications.
Outside of work, Dr. Pirris mostly enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 young daughters, who keep him quite busy and entertained with their various activities. He appreciates all the outdoors activities
available here in North Florida, especially fishing, biking, hiking and paddle boarding.
Conditions treated
- Back pain
- Cervical herniated disk
- Cervical kyphosis
- Cervical myelopathy
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Cervical spinal stenosis
- Cervical spondylolisthesis
- Cervical spondylosis
- Degenerative disk disease
- Discogenic back pain
- Disk disease
- Failed back syndrome
- Herniated disk
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Lumbar spinal stenosis
- Neck pain
- Pseudarthrosis
- Radiculopathy
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine arthritis
- Thoracic herniated disk
- Thoracic myelopathy
- Thoracic radiculopathy
Procedures performed
- Back surgery
- Cervical disk replacement
- Cervical diskectomy
- Cervical laminectomy
- Cervical pseudoarthrosis procedure
- Cervical spine fusion
- Cervical spine surgery
- Diskectomy
- Endoscopic spine surgery
- Foraminotomy
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar diskectomy
- Lumbar fusion
- Lumbar laminectomy
- Lumbar pseudoarthrosis procedure
- Minimally invasive cervical diskectomy
- Minimally invasive cervical foraminotomy
- Minimally invasive diskectomy
- Minimally invasive foraminotomy
- Minimally invasive lumbar decompression
- Minimally invasive lumbar diskectomy
- Minimally invasive lumbar spinal fusion
- Minimally invasive spinal fusion
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Minimally invasive thoracic diskectomy
- Minimally invasive thoracic spinal fusion
- Pseudoarthrosis procedure
- Revision spinal surgery
- Robotic spine surgery
- Spinal cord stimulator insertion
- Spinal fusion
- Spine tumor surgery
- Spondylolisthesis surgery
- Thoracic diskectomy
- Thoracic fusion
- Thoracic laminectomy
- Thoracic pseudoarthrosis procedure
Interests
- Spine surgery
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Spinal Navigation and Robotics
- Endoscopic spine surgery
- Spinal fusion
- Decompressive laminectomy
- Microdiscectomy
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2009
Resident - Neurological SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- 2002
MDUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- 1998
BS - BiologyUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2012
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological Surgery
Awards and honors
- 2019
Vitals Patients' Choice Award
- 2017
Best Doctors in America List
- 2015
Top Docs, Jacksonville Magazine
- 2007
Clinical Traveling Fellowship AwardNorth American Spine Society
- 2002
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor SocietyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- 2002
Theodore Kurze Senior Prize in Clinical NeuroscienceAwarding Organization
- 2002
Medical Student Award for ExcellenceAllegheny County Medical Society
- 1998
Graduate with Honors in BiologyUniversity of North Carolina
- 1997
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor FraternityUniversity of North Carolina
- 1997
Golden Key National Honor SocietyUniversity of North Carolina
- 1997
Gamma Sigma Alpha Honor SocietyUniversity of North Carolina
- 1995
Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor SocietyUniversity of North Carolina
- 1994
Scholar-Athlete of the Year ScholarshipWPIAL
Professional memberships
- 2024 - present
PresidentSouthern Neurosurgical Society
- 2023 - present
Commiittee MemberJoint Council of State Neurosurgical Societies, Council of State Neurological Societies
- 2023 - present
DelegateCouncil of State Neurosurgical Societies
- 2023 - present
Commiittee MemberNorth American Spine Society
- 2021 - present
Board AdvisorNeurosurgery Outreach Foundation
- 2017 - present
Committee MemberNeurosurgical society of America
- 2017 - 2021
ChairAscension Health
- 2016 - 2022
MemberAscension Health Spine Affinity Group
- 2016 - 2021
Committee Member and Reviewer, Futures Grants InvestigatorAscension Medical Group
- 2016 - present
Committee Member and Reviewer, Futures Grants InvestigatorNeurosurgical Society of America
- 2014 - 2022
Commiittee MemberNASS Section on Robitics and Navigation
- 2014
MemberMayo Clinic Enterprise Spinal Fusion Manage to Reimbursement Project
- 2014
InterviewerMayo Clinic Florida Radiology Chair Search Committee
- 2014
MemberMayo Clinic Foundation Neurosurgical Equipment Committee
- 2013 - present
Past PresidentFlorida Neurosurgical Society
- 2013
Meeting ParticipantMayo Clinic Florida Neuroscience Clinical Reserch Committee
- 2013
Meeting ParticipantSpine Surgery Manage to Reimbursement Project, Mayo Clinic Projects
- 2013
Vice ChairMayo Clinic Florida Neuroscience Clinical Research Committee
- 2013 - present
MemberFlorida Neurosurgical Society
- 2012
MemberAO Spine
- 2012
Meeting ParticipantMayo Enterprise Bone and Tissue Contractive Initiative
- 2012
Meeting ParticipantClinical Practice Committee - Florida, Mayo Clinic Florida Committees
- 2012 - present
Meeting ParticipantExecutive Committee
- 2012 - present
PresidentSouthern Neurosurgical Society
- 2011
Meeting ParticipantMayo Enterprise Spinal Implant Strategy
- 2010
Meeting ParticipantMayo Clinic Florida Spinal Fusion DRG Best Practice Analysis
- 2006 - present
Co-chair Section on Robotics, Enabling technologies and Minimally invasive spine surgeryNorth American Spine Society
- 1998 - 2002
Class Vice PresidentUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Vice PresidentSigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
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Academic ChairmanSigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
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MemberCongress of Neurological Surgeons
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MemberAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons
Publications