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Dr. Luiz Pimenta

M.D. Neurosurgeon

Dr. Pimenta completed all of his education in his homeland of Brazil. He graduated from University of São Paulo Medical School in 1971. He started his residency in Neurosurgery, in 1971, at Paulista Medical School, currently Federal University of São Paulo. During his residency, Dr. Pimenta participated in various research projects in Neurosurgery. He finished his residency in 1977 and commenced his PhD in Neurosurgery in 1978 at the same university, finishing his project in 1980.

In 1997, Dr. Pimenta underwent further training in endoscopic spinal surgery in Gainesville, and in 1998 he completed a fellowship with the world renowned Dr. Daniel Rosenthal in Frankfurt, Germany. Since then, Dr. Pimenta has been developing new techniques and technologies to improve surgical treatment of different spinal pathologies. He is now considered a world-renowned expert in minimally invasive spine surgery and motion preservation, participating in various research and development projects in MIS surgery. He founded and currently serves as Medical director for the Institute of Pathology of the Spine (Instituto de Patologia da Coluna - IPC) in São Paulo with the goal of providing a multidisciplinary center offering integrated treatment of various spine conditions.

Dr Pimenta is an associate professor at the University of California, San Diego, former president of the World Spinal Column Society (WScS), and member of the board of directors of The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISSAS). He is also a member of Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), North American Spine Society (NASS), American Association of Neurosurgeons (AANS), Society of Lateral Access Surgery (SOLAS), Brazilian Spine Society (SBC) and Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery (SBN).

Dr. Luiz Pimenta

M.D. Neurosurgeon

Appointments

University of California San Diego San Diego, California Associate Professor

Spine Arthroplasty Society Board of Directors

World Spine column Society President

Instituto de Patologia da Coluna Medical Director

Education

University of São Paulo Medical School at Ribeirão Preto São Paulo, Brazil MD 1971

Federal University of São Paulo Paulista Medical School Neurosurgery Residency 1971 - 1977

Federal University of São Paulo PhD in Neurosurgery 1978 - 1980

Fellowship Spine Endoscopy Frankfurt, Germany 1998

Professional Associations

Member of Brazilian Spine Society Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery North America Spine Society Spinal Arthroplasty Society World Spine column Society

Specializations

Neurosurgery

Dr. Luiz Pimenta

M.D. Neurosurgeon

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Posterior Video Endoscopic to Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery. Arq Bras Neurocir 18 (1): 11-16, 1999 Video assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery to Thoracic Disc Herniation. J Bras Neurocirurg 10 (1) : 15-19,1999 Endoscopic Approach to the Cervical Spine. 7th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery., Singapore., 2000 Cervical Disc Replacement- Porous Coated Motion Prosthesis A Comparative Biomechanical Analysis Showing the key role Of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament. SPINE Volume 28, Number 20S, pp S176-S185, 2003, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc Abordagem Endoscópia da Coluna Cervical: Foraminotomía Posterior e Microdisectomia com Fusão Anterior. 115 Procedimentos Cirúrgicos com 2 anos de Seguimento. Revista Brasileira de Videocirurgia. Vol 2, N.3, Jul-Set 2004 Abordaje endoscópico retroperitoneal transpsoas de la columna lumbar. Acta Ortopédica Mexicana Vol.18 Num.(3), May-Jun .2004. pg 91-5. Disectomía Microendoscopica y fusion intersomática: resultados de una técnica minimamente invasive. Acta Ortopédica Mexicana. Vol.18 Num (5), Sept-Oct. 2004. pg 196-99 Choosing a cervical disc replacement. Link HD, McAfee PC, Pimenta L. The Spine Journal, Vol 4, Number 6S, Nov-Dec, 294S-302S. 2004 Clinical experience with the new artificial cervical PCM ( Cervitech) Disc. Pimenta L, McAfee PC, Cappuccino A, Bellera FP, Link HD. The Spine Journal, Vol 4, Number 6S, Nov-Dec, 315S-321S. 2004 Zervikaler Bandscheibenersatz - Die PCM-Zwischenwirbel-Endoprothese L. Pimenta, P. McAfee, A. Crockard, A. Cappuccino, B. Cunningham, R. Diaz Orduz Spinal Arthoplasthy- A new era in spine care – Guyer, R; Zigler J E. Chapter 14: The porous coated motion cervical disc replacement. 241-255, 2004. Spinal Instrumentation- Surgical Techniques. Kim, D; Vaccaro, A; Fessler, R. Chapter 97: Surgical anatomy and approaches to the anterior lumbar and lumbosacral spine. 706-711, Thieme- New York, Stuttgart, 2004. PCM Chapter 38. Emerging Spinal Surgical Technologies. Luiz Pimenta, Roberto Díaz, Paul McAfee, Andy Capuccino, Bryan Cunningham, Antón Dimitriev Eds: Corbin, Connolly, Yuan H, Bao and Boden. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., St Louis. Missouri; 2005 Percutaneos Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion (AxiaLIF). Chapter 38. Andrew Cragg, Luiz Pimenta, Roberto Díaz, Monica León. An Anatomic Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Eds: Perez-Cruet, Khoo L.; Fessler R. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., St Louis. Missouri; 2005 Cervical Arthroplasty: Biomechanics, Design considerations and clinical Outcomes. PCM. Chapter 11. Luiz Pimenta, Roberto Díaz, Paul McAfee, Andy Capuccino, Bryan Cunningham. Spinal Arthroplasty- The Preservation of Motion. Eds: Vaccaro. Elsevier Inc. Philadelphia, PA. 2005 PCM Cervical Artificial Disc- Clinical Experience. Luiz Pimenta, Roberto Díaz, Paul McAfee, Andy Capuccino. Chapter 10. Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine. Eds: Kim, Camisa, Fessler. Thieme Medical Publisher, New York, NY; 2005 Facet Replacement. Luiz Pimenta, Larry T.Khoo, Roberto Díaz. Chapter 41. Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine. Eds: Kim, Camisa, Fessler. Thieme Medical Publisher, New York, NY. 2005 Minimal Invasive Posterior Dynamic Stabilization System. Luiz Pimenta, Dilip Sengupta, Roberto Díaz. Chapter 40. Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine. Eds: Kim, Camisa, Fessler. Thieme Medical Publisher, New York, NY; 2005 XLIF (Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) Chapter 16. Burak M. Ozgur, Lissa Baird, Roberto Díaz, William Taylor, Luiz Pimenta. Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery: A practical guide to anatomy and techniques. Eds: Ozgur B.; Garfin S.; Benzel E. Springer Science+Bussiness Media Inc.; New York, NY; 2006 Porous coated Motion Cervical disc replacement: a Biomechanical, Histomorphometric, and Biologic Wear analysis in Carpine Model. Nianbin Hu, Bryan Cunningham, Paul McAfee, Seok Woo Kim, John Sefter, Andrew Capucciono, Luiz Pimenta. Spine Volume 31, Number 15, pp 1666-1673; 2006. Extreme Lateral Interbody fusion (XLIF): a novel surgical technique for anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Burak Ozgur, Henry Aryan, Luiz Pimenta, William Taylor. The Spine Journal 6(2006) 435-443. Anatomy of the Percutaneous Presacral space for a Novel Fusion Technique. Philip Yuan, Thomas Day, Todd Albert, William Morrison, Luiz Pimenta, Andrew Cragg, Michael Weinstein. Journal of spinal disorders and Techniques, Volume 19, Number 4, 237-241; 2006 A novel minimally invasive presacral approach and instrumentation technique for anterior L5-S1 intervertebral discectomy and fusion. Technical note and case presentations. Nicola Marotta, Murat Cosar, Luiz Pimenta, Larry Khoo. Neurosurgical Focus 20(1):E9, 1-8; 2006. Anatomy of the percutaneous presacral space for a novel fusion technique. Yuan PS, Day TF, Albert TJ, Morrison WB, Pimenta L, Cragg A, Weinstein M. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2006 Jun;19(4):237-41. Porous coated motion cervical disc replacement: a biomechanical, histomorphometric, and biologic wear analysis in a caprine model. Hu N, Cunningham BW, McAfee PC, Kim SW, Sefter JC, Cappuccino A, Pimenta L. Spine. 2006 Jul 1;31(15):1666-73. Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF): a novel surgical technique for anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Ozgur BM, Aryan HE, Pimenta L, Taylor WR. Spine J. 2006 Jul-Aug;6(4):435-43. Charité lumbar artificial disc retrieval: use of a lateral minimally invasive technique. Technical note. Pimenta L, Díaz RC, Guerrero LG. J Neurosurg Spine. 2006 Dec;5(6):556-61. Posterior cervical spine surgery for radiculopathy. Riew KD, Cheng I, Pimenta L, Taylor B. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jan;60(1 Supp1 1):S57-63. Review. Superiority of multilevel cervical arthroplasty outcomes versus single-level outcomes: 229 consecutive PCM prostheses. Pimenta L, McAfee PC, Cappuccino A, Cunningham BW, Diaz R, Coutinho E. Spine. 2007 May 20;32(12):1337-44. Treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with a total posterior arthroplasty prosthesis: implant description, surgical technique, and a prospective report on 29 patients. McAfee P, Khoo LT, Pimenta L, Capuccino A, Sengoz A, Coric D, Hes R, Conix B, Asgarzadie F, Hamzaoglu A, Mirofsky Y, Anekstein Y. Neurosurg Focus. 2007 Jan 15;22(1):E13. Revision strategies in lumbar total disc arthroplasty. Patel AA, Brodke DS, Pimenta L, Bono CM, Hilibrand AS, Harrop JS, Riew KD, Youssef JA, Vaccaro AR. Spine. 2008 May 15;33(11):1276-83. Cervical Disc Replacement Revisions: Clinical and Biomechanicals Considerations. Luiz Pimenta, Roberto Diaz, Paul C McAfee, Adrew Capuccino, Bryan Cunningham, Hazem Nicola, Juliano Lhamby, and Ihab Garzeddine. Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine – Saunders, Elsevier - 2008 Lateral Lumbar Total Disc Replacement . Luiz Pimenta, Thomas Schaffa, Juliano Lhamby, Ihab Gharzedinne, and Etevaldo Coutinho. Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine– Saunders, Elsevier - 2008 Revision Strategies Following Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Complications. Luiz Pimenta, Thomas Schaffa, Juliano Lhamby, Carlos Arias, amd ihab Garzedinne. Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine– Saunders, Elsevier - 2008 TranS1 Percutaneous Nucleus Replacement (PNR). Roberto Diaz, Luiz Pimenta, Hazem Nicola, Larry T. Khoo, Rick Sasso, Bradley J. Wessman, and Andrew Cragg. Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine– Saunders, Elsevier - 2008 NUBAC Intradiscal Arthroplasty. Qi-Bin Bao, Matthew N. Songer, Luiz Pimenta, Hansen A.Yuan, and Domagoj Coric Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine– Saunders, Elsevier – 2008. TOPS: Total Posterior Facet Replacement and Dynamic Motion Segment Stabilization System. Larry T. Khoo, Luiz Pimenta, and Roberto Díaz. Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine– Saunders, Elsevier – 2008 Cervical Facet Degeneration after Total Disc Replacement: 280 levels in 162 patients – 5 years Follow Up. Leonardo Oliveira, Etevaldo Coutinho, Luis Marchi, Nitamar Abdala, Luiz Pimenta. Neurosurgery Quarterly – ahead of print - 2009 Chapter 23: Extreme Lateral Approach for Degenerative Disorders of the Spine. Luiz Pimenta, Carlos Arias Pesántez and Leonardo Augusto de Barros Oliveira. Arthritis & Arthroplasty: The Spine. Francis H. Shen and Christopher I. Shaffrey

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