Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D.

Joao Paulo Cavalcante de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D is neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. João Paulo Almeida treats brain tumors and conditions including brain cancer, brain metastasis, brain tumor-associated epilepsy, chondrosarcoma, chordoma, CSF leak, and glioma. He is an expert in skull base surgery, pituitary tumor surgery, gamma knife surgery, awake brain surgery, and craniotomy. He has a strong commitment to academic neurosurgery and has authored and co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed papers, 50 neurosurgical meeting presentations, and 25 book chapters. Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, ranks among the Best Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings.