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Speciality
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Knee Diseases |
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Languages
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English, Spanish
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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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1983 - 1985 – PhD studies, Excellent awarded
1981 - 1982 – Course “Gastrointestinal Radiology”, Excellent awarded
1977 - 1983 - Bachelor of General Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS), Faculty of Medicine
University of Navarra |
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Professional Experience
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Head, Knee diseases, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Service, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia
Senior lecturer, Orthopedics area, Department of surgery, University of Valencia
1994 – 2004 – Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology for the house officers, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, Valencia
June 2004 – Techniques for trauma scan in primary care, ABBOT laboratory, Valencia
April 2004 – 2nd basic course: Surgical Anatomy of the knee. Total primary knee arthroplasty. Specific problems in you genu varus and in the genu valgus.
March 2003 – Theoretical-practical in Major Outpatient Surgery course
Valencia
March 2002 – Theoretical-practical in Major Outpatient Surgery course
Valencia
June 1984 – January 1989 – House Officer, Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Service, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia |
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Certifications
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Specialist degree in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology |
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Memberships
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Member of the Spanish society of orthopedic surgery and Traumatology since 1993.
Member of the Spanish society of knee since 1994.
Member of the Valencian society of orthopedic surgery and Traumatology since 1993.
Member of the Spanish Association of largest ambulatory surgery since 1999. |
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