Rafael F. Cardona Duran, MD

Education

Spine Fellow

Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Department of Neurosurgery

University of South Florida

July 30, 2009 to June 30, 2010

Chief Resident

Neurosurgery

University of Puerto Rico

2008 - 2009

Resident

Neurosurgery

University of Puerto Rico

2003 - 2008

Pre-Residency Fellow

Neurosurgery

Harborview Medical Center

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2001-2003

ER Physician

Neurosurgery

Puerto Rico Medical Center

2000-2001

Resident

General Surgery

University of Puerto Rico

1998-2000

Doctor in Medicine

University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 1997

Associations

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Society of Lateral Access Surgery

Publications

Elias Dakwar, M.D., Rafael F. Cardona, M.D., Donald A. Smith, M.D., and Juan S. Uribe, M.D., Early outcomes and safety of the minimally invasive, lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach for adult degenerative scoliosis, Neurosurgical Focus,March 2010 Volume 28, Number 3, (http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/2010.1.FOCUS09282)

Rafael F. Cardona, M.D., Lee Marie Tormos, M.D., Orlando de Jesus, MD, F.A.C.S. Giant Spinal Cord Ependymoma, Case Report and Review of Literature, Submitted for publication

Chapters

Bone Graft Properties. Rafael F. Cardona, Juan S. Uribe. Handbook of Neurosurgery 7th Ed, Mark S. Greenberg, Thieme, 2010

Spinal Biologic. Rafael F. Cardona. Handbook of Spine Surgery 1st Ed, Ali Baaj, In Preparation

Posters:

Rafael F Cardona MD; Elias Dakwar MD; Juan S. Uribe MD, Clinical Series of Occipital Condyle Screw placement for Occipital Cervical fixation, 26th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Feb 17-20, 2010

Elias Dakwar MD; Rafael F Cardona MD; Juan S. Uribe MD Minimally invasive lateral retropleural thoracolumbar approach: cadaveric feasibility and report of 4 clinical

cases. 26th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Feb 17-20, 2010

Rafael F. Cardona, MD, Elias Dakwar, MD, Edwin Ramos, MD, Fernando Vale, MD, & Juan S. Uribe, MD, OCCIPITAL CONDYLE SCREWS AS FIXATION POINTS FOR CRANIOCERVICAL INSTRUMENTATION. CADAVERIC FEASIBILITY, BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS, AND CLINICAL SERIES, University of South Florida Neuroscience Research Day, March 5, 2010

Instructional Courses & Invited Lectures:

Cardona RF, 3rd Annual SOLAS Meeting, Safety of the minimally invasive lateral retroperitoneal tranpsosas interbody fusion and the use of intervertebral rhBMP–2 at L4/5 , San Diego, CA April 2010

Cardona RF, 3rd Annual SOLAS Meeting, Lateral Approach Cadaveric Dissection, Instructor, San Diego, CA April 2010

Cardona, RF, 2nd Annual Cadaveric Simulation Course In Spine Surgery, Lumbar Spine Surgical Approaches, MIS and Deformity Correction, Instructor, University of South Florida, March 2010

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in Spanish and English