Fotios (Frank) Vrionis MD
Brain & Spinal Tumor, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, Skull Base
Institute Director at the Marcus Neuroscience Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
800 Meadows Rd. Boca Raton, FL 33486
Overview of Dr. Vrionis
Frank Vrionis, MD serves as the Marcus Neuroscience Institute Director and Chair of Neurosurgery. Dr. Vrionis received his medical degree from the University of Athens School Of Medicine in Athens, Greece, where he graduated second in his class. He performed his residency in Neurosurgery at Tufts University in Boston and completed a fellowship in Skull-Base Surgery at the University of Tennessee. He holds a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University and PhD in Brain Tumor Immunology from Duke University. Dr. Vrionis has authored or co-authored three books on brain and spinal tumors and has over 150 abstracts and over 100 publications. Dr. Vrionis is a national leader in the field of brain and spine tumors, and complex and minimally invasive spine surgery, including Neuromodulation. He performs surgeries for patients considered inoperable by others but always tries to find the least invasive method for his patients.
Education & Training
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1991 - 1997
St Elizabeth's Medical Center/Lemuel Shattuck HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1990 - 1991
University of AthensClass of 1984, M.D.
University of TennesseeFellowship, Neurological Surgery
Harvard UniversityMaster of Public Health
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 1999 - 2027
TN State Medical License 1997 - 2002
ME State Medical License Active through 1994
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage Stage 1 Certification HealtheLife and PowerChart, Cerner Corporation, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage Stage 1 Certification Greenway Prime Suite, Greenway Health, LLC, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage Stage 1 Certification FairWarning® Patient Privacy Monitoring, FairWarning Technologies, LLC, 2016-2017
Clinical Trials
- Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Locoregional Agent Survival Study - Anti-tenascin Radiolabeled Antibody Therapy Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Streamlined and efficient patient-specific modeling for lumbar spine segmentation and finite element analysis.Mohsen Ahmadi, Hanxi Chen, Maohua Lin, Debojit Biswas, James Doulgeris
Scientific Reports. 2025-10-13 - Revolutionizing spine surgery with emerging AI-FEA integration.Christopher Franceschini, Mohsen Ahmadi, Xuanzong Zhang, Kelly Wu, Maohua Lin
Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2025-09-18 - 3 citationsAutomated Finite Element Modeling of the Lumbar Spine: A Biomechanical and Clinical Approach to Spinal Load Distribution and Stress Analysis.Mohsen Ahmadi, Xuanzong Zhang, Maohua Lin, Yufei Tang, Erik D Engeberg
World Neurosurgery. 2025-09-01
Press Mentions
Artificial Intelligence Transforms Lumbar Spine Modeling for Faster Patient CareSeptember 16th, 2025- Where Have All the Independent Physicians Gone?February 7th, 2025
Professional Memberships
- Member
Other Languages
- Greek
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