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Founding Member · CICOVE
Five decades
Five decades
of neurosurgery.
Dr. José Ávila Ramírez is one of Mexico City's most experienced neurosurgeons and a founding member of CICOVE. Trained in neurosurgery at the Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía and in postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto, his practice spans the full range of the specialty — spine, brain and peripheral nerve — built over more than fifty years at the operating table.
Dr. José Ávila Ramírez
FAANS · Fellow WFNS · Fellow CNS · ECFMG · Founding Member, CICOVE · Lic. 0014221 · Spec. 0172830
Board-certified by the Consejo Mexicano de Cirugía Neurológica (Cert. No. 109, recertified 2021–2026). Practices at Hospital Ángeles Pedregal and Torre Ángeles. Author of 25+ peer-reviewed publications cited over 600 times. Consultations in Spanish and English.
50+
years of neurosurgery
spine · brain · peripheral nerve
600+
academic citations
across 25+ peer-reviewed publications
As a founding member of CICOVE, Dr. Ávila Ramírez helped build one of Mexico's leading private spine institutions — a team that has performed more than 5,000 spine surgeries over 45 years. His own career reaches beyond the spine, into cranial and peripheral-nerve neurosurgery, and into the academic work that has trained a generation of surgeons.
Credentials & Affiliations
International Fellowships
Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies — plus ECFMG certification, valid in the U.S. and other countries.
Founding Member, CICOVE
Co-founder of Mexico's leading private spine institution — a team with 5,000+ spine surgeries over 45 years. Also founded neurosurgery services at ISSEMYM and PEMEX hospitals.
Elite Training
Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía; postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto & Wellesley Hospital; endoscopic spine surgery certified in New York.
Memberships & Board Certification
Active member · American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Active member · Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)
Active member · European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
Active member · World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
Active member · North American Spine Society (NASS)
Active member · World Spinal Column Society (WSCS)
Active member · Asociación Mexicana de Cirujanos de Columna (AMCICO)
Board Certified · Consejo Mexicano de Cirugía Neurológica (Cert. 109)