Samuel D Critides Jr. MD

Summary

• Dr. Samuel Critides is a neurosurgeon in Fort Walton Beach, FL. He received his medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and has been in practice 23 years. He specializes in neurosurgical spine surgery and is experienced in primary brain tumors, metastatic brain tumors, adult spinal deformity, neurosurgery, and neurosurgical trauma.
  
  Dr. Critides served in the United States Navy for 20 years. After serving as a battalion surgeon with the United States Marines, he was selected for training as a neurosurgeon. He then served the remainder of his career in the Navy as a neurosurgeon, including tours at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Wounded Warrior Regiment in Quantico, Virginia. While assigned to National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, he was called to treat U.S. servicemen and women injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. He deployed as the spine surgeon on the USNS Comfort, the forward deployed mobile Naval Hospital Ship, where he provided care for victims of the Haiti earthquake in 2010. In his spare time, Dr. Critides stays active with cross fit and running. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Maricarmen, and their four children.