Juan P Sardi Restrepo, MD
Neurosurgery - Spine
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Bio & Overview
Juan Pablo Sardi, MD, is a neurosurgeon who believes in a comprehensive approach to care for his patients and explores all alternatives before recommending surgery.
He has experience and training in both open and minimally invasive spine surgery. His patient’s symptoms and expectations guide Dr. Sardi in making treatment plans.
“Spine surgery should be performed using the most effective and safe techniques according to each person’s needs and goals,” he shares. “This can minimize complications, reduce recovery time, and optimize outcomes.”
Dr. Sardi has a particular interest in treating adult thorcolumbar spinal deformities and spine degenerative disease. His research interests focus on biomechanical and clinical outcomes of spinal surgery, including understanding and preventing complications from surgery.
He also has expertise in treating many spine conditions including:
- Spine deformity
- Spinal trauma
- Spinal tumors
- Degenerative disc disease
- Herniated discs
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal fusion
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sagittal imbalance
- Low back and sciatic (leg pain)
Dr. Sardi was born and raised in Cali, Colombia. He earned his medical degree from Universidad CES in Medellin. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana/Hospital Universitario San Ignacio in Bogota, Colombia. He also completed a complex spine surgery fellowship at the University of Virginia.
Most recently, he was the director of spine surgery for the neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery departments at the Clinicia Imbanaco in Cali. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and abstracts.
Dr. Sardi’s service includes multiple medical missions in Colombia, where he served as an assistant and translator.
Academic Information
- Department
- Neurosurgery
- Academic Role
- Assistant Professor
- Division
- Neurosurgery-Spine
Conditions & Treatments
- Adult degenerative scoliosis
- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion
- Cervical deformity
- Cervical disc disease
- Complex spine deformities
- Isthmic spondylolisthesis
- Lumbar herniated disc surgery
- Lumbosacral radiculopathy
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine deformity
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Italian, Spanish, English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud (CES) (2011)
- Residency
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Facultad de Medicina (2019)
- Fellowship
- University of Virginia Medical Center (2021)
- Additional Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Highlights
Juan Pablo Sardi, MD
Hi, my name is Juan Sardi. I'm a neurosurgeon at the University of Virginia. I specialize in spine surgery, both minimally invasive and open procedures. I treat patients with spine pathologies. This is a huge group of patients that can go from degenerative disease, which is basically the aging of the spine, to trauma, to tumors. Patients can expect when they arrive up to my clinic or to my OR, that I'm going to be thinking about their quality of life and I'm going to be putting their interests at the top of my mind. I'm professionally passionate about returning people to their baseline and to returning people to their day-to-day activities, whether that is going back to sports, whether that is being pain-free and able to walk normally. I think people should choose UVA because of the humane way they will be treated by the entire staff. They will feel comfortable since the moment they sit foot in the hospital, in the clinic, or in the OR, and they can be reassured that they will receive the best treatment possible according to their needs.
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