Ricardo Fontes

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center (since December/2020)

Education & Training

• Neurosurgery Residency, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL (2010-2015) o Program director: Vincent C. Traynelis, MD
o Spine deformity rotation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA (2014)
▪ Director: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD
• Ph.D., Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2007-2011)
o Thesis: “The human intervertebral disc: morphology and aging”
• Complex and Minimally-invasive Spine Fellowship, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL (2009-2010)
▪ Director: Vincent C. Traynelis, MD
• Neurosurgery Residency, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2003-2008)
• M.D., Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (1997-2002)
o Edmundo Vasconcellos Prize, 2002