Joshua Menendez, M.D.

Dr. Joshua Menendez graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2005 with a degree in Economics. A native of Birmingham, he returned home to attend the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. He began his neurosurgery training at UAB in June 2010 and graduated from training in June of 2017. During Dr. Menendez’s training, his research interests included patient satisfaction with surgical care as well as emerging technologies for the operative management of neurosurgical diseases.

Dr. Menendez is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Southern Neurosurgical Society, and the Neurosurgical Society of Alabama.

Dr. Menendez and his wife Dr. Ginger Menendez both practice medicine in Birmingham Alabama. Ginger is a pediatrician at Over The Mountain Pediatrics. They have three boys that keep them busy in their time away from medicine.


State Licensing
Alabama State License, June 2011-present


Education and Training
Chief Residency in Neurosurgery: University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, AL June 2016-June 2017

Residency in Neurosurgery: University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, AL June 2010-June 2016

Doctor of Medicine: University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL August 2006-June 2010

Bachelors in Economics (cum laude): Vanderbilt University, College of Arts and Sciences, Nashville, TN August 2001-May 2005


Honors
Gold Humanism Honor Society, elected May 2009
Diethelm Surgical Scholar, 2007


Proffesional Society Memberships
AANS, Resident Member, 2010-present
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Resident Member, 2010-present