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Speciality
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Hip and Pelvic Surgery |
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Languages
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English, Spanish
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Graduated
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1993 (31 years since graduation)
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About
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Dr. Lorenzo Hernández Ferrando and Dr. Rafael Colomina Rodríguez:
Two surgeons with extensive clinical experience in orthopedic diseases: Dr. Rafael Colomina, Clinical Head of Knee diseases; and Dr. Lorenzo Hernandez, Clinical Head of Hip diseases. This team was formed in 1999 as a comprehensive orthopedic care unit and since then, its out-patient clinic receives yearly 4000 new cases of orthopedic diseases and perform yearly 2000 surgical procedures, 300 of them are prosthetic implants and its surgeons are experts in reconstructive surgery of knee and hip. The capabilities of the group are reinforced by an extensive scientific experience and their excellent clinical results have been published in orthopedic journals.
More than 3200 hip and Knee replacement surgeries respectively performed. |
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Education
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1993 - 1995 – PhD studies, Excellent awarded in various subjects, Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia.
1986 - 1992 - Bachelor of General Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS)
Awarded 1993, University of Valencia |
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Professional Experience
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Head, Hip and Pelvis diseases, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Unit, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
Assistant Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology for the house officers, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
January 1997 – April 1997 – Fellowship, Surgery of the Hand and Microsurgery
Hospital “Virgen de la Torre”, Madrid, Stay with the Head of the Unit “Dr. Juan González del Pino”
Experimental Microsurgery, Hospital “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid
September 2010 – Co-director, Research project: “Treatment surgery of the fractures of acetabulum”, Advanced Studies Diploma of Vicente Estrems Díaz
1995 - 1997 – Participant Study: “Prevalence of nosocomial infections in Spanish hospitals”
1993 – Doctor of the Armed Forces, Medical Services, Polytechnic Institute No.1, Madrid |
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Certifications
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Diploma of Advanced Studies: “Hip prosthesis Perfect type, retrospective follow-up to 7 years” |
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Memberships
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Member of the Valencian Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SOTOCAV)
Member of the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatilogy (SECOT)
Member of the Spanish Hip Society (SECCA)
Comité organizador del XI congreso en XI SECCA. Valencia 18,19 y 20 de junio 2009.
XII Jornadas de actualización en traumatología y cirugía ortopédica. Hospital general Universitario de Murcia 27 y 28 de noviembre 2008. |
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