Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro, MD, PhD

Dr. Joacir Graciolli is a neurological surgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of brain and spinal disorders of the nervous system. His areas of interest are neurotrauma, chronic pain (including spinal cord stimulation), degenerative spinal disorders, spasticity, epilepsy (VNS) as well as robotic surgery for trigeminal neuralgia. He is also interested in the study of complex multi-modal monitoring, neuroaugmentative and neuroregenerative approaches for the treatment of critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury with the goal of optimizing functional outcome.
Dr. Graciolli is Board Certified in Neurological Surgery from the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery and by the Landesärztekammer Baden-Württemberg (i.e. German Medical Council). After completing his neurosurgical training in Brazil, Dr. Graciolli joined the prestigious department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the German University of Freiburg, a leading center specializing in minimally invasive procedures for movement and psychiatric disorders, chronic pain, epilepsy, and stem cell therapy. At the University of Freiburg, Dr. Graciolli developed innovative techniques for neuromodulation and stem cell therapy for movement disorders and epilepsy while obtaining his PhD.
In the United States, Dr. Graciolli completed a Neurocritical Care fellowship at the Ohio State University. Thereafter, he completed a fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery as well as Neurotrauma training at the University of Miami with Dr. Jonathan Jagid.
Dr. Graciolli joins the UM Department of Neurosurgery to expand patient care in Neurotrauma and Functional Neurosurgery at the Jackson Health System and Ryder Trauma Center. He is available to see patients at the Jackson North Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Miami, and University of Miami Hospital. He is fluent in English, Spanish, German and Portuguese.