John Caridi, MD

Biography

John Caridi, MD, graduated with honors from Indiana University School of Medicine, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Caridi completed his internship and neurosurgical residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center and R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He then completed a one-year orthopedic fellowship in adult and pediatric spinal deformity surgery at the renowned Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and trained in advanced minimally invasive spine surgery at the Schoen Klinik in Munich, Germany. His neurosurgical experience combined with orthopedic spine training gives him unique expertise.

Dr. Caridi is a fellowship-trained, board-certified neurosurgeon who specializes in spine surgery, especially complex reconstruction of adult and pediatric cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal deformity. His areas of expertise include complex reconstructive surgery for congenital and degenerative joint and disc disease; spinal trauma and deformity correction including kyphosis, scoliosis, chin on-chest deformity, and ear-on-shoulder deformity; revision spine surgery; resection and spinal stabilization for cancers affecting the spine; and minimally invasive spine surgery and microsurgery.

Prior to joining McGovern Medical School, he developed and directed the neurosurgical spinal deformity program for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. As principal investigator for numerous studies focused on improving patient outcomes, Dr. Caridi has presented his research nationally and internationally and has published his findings in peer-reviewed journals. In 2019, he was honored with the prestigious Scoliosis Research Society international traveling fellowship.

Dr. Caridi is experienced in performing:
• Anterior cervical decompression and fusion
• Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion
• Posterior cervical foraminotomy
• Posterior cervical laminoplasty
• Posterior cervical decompression and fusion
• Cervical disc arthroplasty
• Atlantoaxial fusion (C1-2 fusion)
• Occipitocervical fusion
• Vertebral column resection
• Pedicle subtraction osteotomy
•Smith-Peterson截骨术
• Anterior column release
• Scoliosis correction
• Vertebral body tethering
• Kyphosis correction
• Spondylolisthesis correction
• Sagittal and coronal plane deformity correction
• Lumbar decompression and fusion
• Microscopic and endoscopic lumbar discectomy
• Lumbar laminectomy for stenosis or Cauda equina syndrome
• Tethered spinal cord release
• Spinal tumor resection
• Intradural and spinal cord tumor resection