VCOM Louisiana Research Day Program

Keynote Speaker

Jorge E. Alvernia-Silva, MD, FAANS American Board Certified Neurosurgeon Brain and Spine Associates, LLC

Dr. Alvernia is an American Board Certified Neurosurgeon who is internationally educated and trained. After graduating with honors from medical school, Dr. Alvernia completed his second neurosurgical residency training at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2010. Additionally, Dr. Alvernia completed his first neurosurgical residency training (Valedictorian) in Bogota, Colombia, in 2000. From 2001-2003 he completed a Skull base fellowship in Lyon, France, under the world-renowned Pr. Marc Sindou. Additionally, he completed a microsurgical anatomy research fellowship at the University of Illinois in Peoria, where he also served as the teaching faculty. He specializes in spine conditions, brain tumors, and nerve disorders. Dr. Alvernia has worked as a neurosurgeon in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and holds a medical license to operate in Arkansas and Louisiana. He has worked for the past eleven years in Northeast Louisiana and was honored with 2015, 2017, and 2018 Health Care Heroes/ Neurology-Neurosurgeon Awards for Northeast Louisiana. After four years as the sole Neurosurgeon for the regional medical

Glenwood Regional Medical Center, he moved into private practice (Brain and Spine Associates) in 2016. Additionally, he holds an appointment as a Neurosurgery Affiliate Faculty member in the Neurosurgery Department at the University of Mississippi. In that capacity, he works at the Research Microsurgical anatomy lab with the Neurosurgery residents. He has written over 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and several neurosurgery textbook chapters. His surgical anatomy drawings have been featured in renowned international journals’ cover pages, such as the Journal of Neurosurgery and Acta Neurochirurgica. Additionally, he serves as a section editor (Spine and Skull base) for WORLD NEUROSURGERY, WORLD NEUROSURGERY:X, and Ad Hoc reviewer for national and international neurosurgery journals and books. Dr. Alvernia is fluent in English, Spanish, and French. In addition, Dr. Alvernia serves as the president of the US chapter of the Colombian Neurosurgical society.

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