Dr. Julio Petilon, MD
210 E Gray St Ste 900, Louisville, KY 40202
502-584-7525
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Surgery Center of Kentucky
1001 Dupont Rd, Louisville, KY 40207
Specialty Orthopaedics
6400 Dutchmans Pkwy Suite 215, Louisville, KY 40205
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- General Info
- Julio Petilon, MD, is an orthopaedic and spine surgeon specializing in treating herniated discs, degenerative disease of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, deformity, revision surgery, disease of the sacroiliac joint, and the new, minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery. Dr. Petilon earned a Doctorate of Medicine from Tufts Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, then completed an internship and orthopaedic surgery residency at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. After residency, he completed a combined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical spine fellowship through the prestigious Norton Leatherman Spine Center at the University Of Louisville School Of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Upon fellowship completion, Dr. Petilon returned to the Naval Medical Center as a staff Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon and treated active military, veterans, and elite SEAL teams. He served as Department Head of Orthopaedics at the U.S. Naval Hospital in eastern Sicily and as professor of surgery at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Petilon was designated a Naval Flight Surgeon for VFA-106, a training squadron for F-18 pilots in Oceana, VA. He served as primary physician for the squadron and supporting teams and also logged hundreds of flight hours himself. Dr. Petilon further served his country with a tour to Afghanistan as operating room Department Head to perform hundreds of procedures on victims of wartime injuries. A member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons and North American Spine Society, Dr. Petilon has authored published works in peer-reviewed spine and orthopaedic journals and has presented at numerous national and international spine conferences. Dr. Petilon holds a BA in Spanish from Amherst College, where he graduated as an All-American Scholar and received the Five College Latin American History Certificate.
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Phone: 502-584-2029
Fax: 502-584-6851
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- Categories
- Physicians & Surgeons, Physicians & Surgeons, Orthopedics
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- Location
- Gray Street Medical Bldg
- Neighborhoods
- Phoenix Hill, The Highlands
- Languages
- Spanish
- AKA
Petilon, Julio, MD
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Specialties: Dr. Petilon focuses on the treatment of adult patients with simple and complex spine problems including herniated discs, degenerative disease of the cervical, thoracic & lumbar spine, deformity, revision surgery, and endoscopic spine surgery.
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