John A. Braca III, MD

John A. Braca III, MD, joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery as the chief of neurosurgery for Central and North Central Pennsylvania in October of 2023. He oversees clinical operations in the eight Neurological Institute locations that serve Annville, Carlisle, Harrisburg, Hershey, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, Spring Grove and Williamsport.

Dr. Braca received his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., and completed his undergraduate training with a degree in biological sciences and chemistry at Fordham University in New York. He completed his residency training in neurological surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., and his post residency, CAST-accredited fellowship training in endovascular and cerebrovascular surgery with Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine at Indiana University in Indianapolis. In addition, Dr. Braca completed an enfolded complex spine surgery, intra-residency fellowship with the Loyola University Medical Center.

Dr. Braca is board-certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He specializes in treating patients with intracranial aneurysms, cerebral and spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), carotid endarterectomy, carotid artery stenting, ischemic stroke intervention, endoscopic minimally invasive skull base surgery, pituitary tumors, brain tumors, spine tumors, degenerative spine disease, cervical myelopathy, motion preservation spine surgery and trigeminal neuralgia/facial pain syndromes.

Prior to joining UPMC, Dr. Braca served as an endovascular neurosurgeon with Tower Health in Reading, Pa., where he also held an academic position of assistant professor with the department of neurosurgery at the Drexel College of Medicine in Philadelphia.