Dr. Oscar Alberto Valverde Gallegos

Orthopedic Surgeon

Below is the resume of Dr. Oscar Alberto Valverde Gallegos, specialist in the field of Orthopaedics & Traumatology from Costa Rica. He has several years of experience in his field.

Dr. Oscar Alberto Valverde Gallegos – Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

INTERNSHIPS

RESIDENCY

SURGICAL RECORD

Total Surgeries: 5844

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

APRIL 1983 – MEDICAL STUDENT’S FIFTH CONGRESS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA (UCR)

AUGUST 1983 – HTA FIRST CONGRESS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

SEPTEMBER 1985 – SURGYCAL EMERGENCIES, C.C.S.S.

OCTOBER 1985 – DERMATOLOGY AND ALLERGY DISEASES SEMINAR, U.C.R.

SEPTEMBER 1986 – CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) SEMINAR, C.C.S.S.

MARCH 1987 – LEGAL ASPECTS IN MEDICINE, CENDEISS

SEPTEMBER 1987 – DIABETES MELLITUS SEMINAR, HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS

SEPTEMBER 1990 – INTERNACIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INFLAMMATION AND PAIN, ACOT

NOVEMBER 1991 – SECOND CONGRESS ON ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY, CENDEISS

NOVEMBER 1992 – LIII NATIONAL MEDICAL CONGRESS, COLEGIO DE MEDICOS

NOVEMBER 1994 – THIRD CONGRESS ON ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY, ACOT CO-AUTHOR “LIMB LENGHTENING”

MARCH 1996 – FRENCH-COSTARICAN WORKSHOP ON ORTHOPEDIC SURG, ACOT

APRIL 1999 – SPINE EDUCATION COURSE, SURGICAL DYNAMICS

DECEMBER 1999 – CURRENT CONCEPTS IN JOINT REPLACEMENT, ORLANDO FLORIDA

SEP – NOV. 2000 – ADVANCED TRAINING COURSES OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUES IN THE SISTEMS OF EXTERNAL FIXATION AND INTRAMEDULAR INTERLOCKING NAILS. REVISION OF CEMENTED ARTHROPLASTIES. ST. VINZENZ-HOSPITAL. KÖLN, GERMANY.

SEPTEMBER 2000 – “THE COLOGNE BONE AND JOINT COURSE”. ST. VINZENZ-HOSPITAL, KÖLN, GERMANY.

MAY 2001 – TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY COURSE. ST. FRANCIS MOORESVILLE HOSPITAL, CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY, MOORESVILLE, INDIANA U.S.A.

MAY 2001 – TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY COURSE, DEACONESS HOSPITAL TOTAL JOINT CENTER, CINCINNATI, OHIO, U.S.A.

AUGUST 2001 – COURSE ON PELVIS AND ACETABULAR FRACTURES. AO ASIF, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.

OCTOBER 2001 – III NATIONAL DAY OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY. CENDEISSS, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.

APRIL 2002 – INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS FORUM, A CLINICAL BREAKTHROUGH IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND INFLAMMATION. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. MIAMI, FLORIDA.

JUNE 2002 – ADVANCED COURSE OF UNICOMPARTAMENTAL ARTHROPLASTY OF THE KNEE, MINIMUM INVASIVE SURGERY OXFORD PHASE III, NATIONAL CENTER OF REHABILITATION OF MEXICO. MEXICO, D.F.

AUGUST 2002 – XXX AO COURSE: “PRINCIPLES IN SURGICAL FIXATION OF FRACTURES”. AO INTERNATIONAL.MEXICO, D.F.

OCTOBER 2002 – IX CENTRAL AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN CONGRESS AND VI NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ORTOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY. ACOT, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.

SEPTEMBER 2003 – I CENTRAL AMERICAN AO INTERACTIVE COURSE OF VERTEBRAL COLUMN. AO SPINE LATIN AMERICA. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.

MARCH 2004 – SYMPOSIUM ON SPORT MEDICINE. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

FEBRUARY 2006 – I CENTRAL AMERICAN AO COURSE OF SURGERY OF THE HAND.AO INTERNATIONAL. GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA.

FEBRUARY 2007 – AO ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM “INTERLOCKING FEMORAL NAIL” SAN JOSE, COSA RICA.

AUGUST 2007 – AAOS/SCCOT INSTRUCTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA.

DECEMBER 2007 – AO MASTERS COURSE. DAVOS, SWITZERLAND.

MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

STAFF PHYSICIAN, SAN VITO HOSPITAL – 1987

RESIDENCY IN ORTHOPEDICS, HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA – 1988-1989

RESIDENCY IN ORTHOPEDICS, SAN JUAN DE DIOS HOSPITAL – 1990

RESIDENCY IN ORTHOPEDICS, HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS (CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL) – 1991

MEDICAL SPECIALIST IN ORTHOPEDICS, R.A. CALDERON HOPITAL – 1992

NATIONAL DIRECTOR, AO INTERNATIONAL

PROFESIONAL SOCIETIES

COSTARICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

COSTARICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY

NATIONAL MEDICAL UNION

AO INTERNATIONAL

MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF SABALITO CLINIC – 1987

CHIEF ORTHOPEDIC RESIDENT – 1990

PRESIDENT OF AO ALUMNI COSTA RICA – FROM 2006

DIRECTOR OF SANTA PAULA CLINICAL INSTITUTE – FROM 2006

PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTOPHAEDICS SURGEONS – 2008-2009

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1992
COLABORADOR EN TALLER DE PRIMEROS AUXILIOS AVANZADOS. UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

1992
ADVANCED FIRST AID WORKSHOP COLLABORATOR, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

1992-2006
PROFESOR AD-HONOREM PROGRAMA DE RESIDENCIA DE ADULTOS UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

1992-2006
RESIDENCY PROGRAM AD-HONOREM PROFESSOR, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

1995-2006
PROFESOR “INSTRUCTOR LICENCIADO” EN PROPIEDAD DE LA CATEDRADE CIRUGIA DEL HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA, UCIMED

1995-2006
SURGERY PROFESSORSHIP, UCIMED

SINCE 1997,
PROFESSOR OF FISIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATIÓN, COLEGIO SANTA PAULA

1997 TO DATE
PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION PROFESSOR, UNIVERSIDAD SANTA PAULA.

2000 TO DATE
PROFESOR “TITULAR”, CATEDRA DE CIRUGIA, UNIVERSIDAD HISPANOAMERICANA

2000 TO DATE
SURGERY PROFESSORSHIP, UNIVERSIDAD HISPANOAMERICANA

AGOSTO 2002
INSTRUCTOR EN EL 1ER. CURSO AO CENTROAMERICANO PRINCIPIOS EN EL TRATAMIENTO QUIRÚRGICO DE LAS FRACTURAS SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

AUGUST 2002
INSTRUCTOR IN THE FIRST CENTRALAMERICAN AO COURSE ON PRINCIPLES ON SURGERY TREATMENT OF FRACTURES, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.

SETIEMBRE 2002
INSTRUCTOR EN EL CURSO INTERACTIVO DE FIJACION EXTERNA Y OSTEOSINTESIS, IX CONGRESO CENTROAMERICANO Y DEL CARIBE, SOCIEDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE FIJACION EXTERNA. SAN JOSE, C.R.

SEPTEMBER 2002
INSTRUCTOR IN THE INTERACTIVE FIXATION AND OSTEOSINTESIS COURSE, LATINAMERICAN EXTERNAL FIXATION SOCIETY, IX CENTRAL AMERICAN AND THE CARIBEAN CONGRESS. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.

FEBRERO 2003
CONFERENCISTA EN EL CURSO AO “PRINCIPIOS DE LA FIJACION QUIRURGICA DE LAS FRACTURAS PARA PERSONAL DE QUIROFANO” SAN JOSE, C.R.

FEBRUARY 2004
LECTURER IN THE AO COURSE ON “PRINCIPLES ON SURGICAL FIXATION OF FRACTURES FOR OPERATING ROOM STAFF”. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.

FEBRERO 2004
INSTRUCTOR Y DIRECTOR NACIONAL I CURSO AO CENTROAMERICANO “AVANCES EN EL TRATAMIENTO QUIRURGICO DE LAS FRACTURAS” SAN JOSE, C.R.

FEBRUARY 2004
INSTRUCTOR AND NATIONAL DIRECTOR ON THE FIRST CENTRAL AMERICAN AO COURSE “ADVANCES IN THE SURGICAL TREATMANT OF FRACTURES”, SAN JOSE COSTA RICA

 AUGUST 2007
NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR IN THE AO CURSE: “HAND SURGERY”. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

TRABAJO PRESENTADO A CONGRESO

NOVIEMBRE 1994

COAUTOR TEMA LIBRE “ALARGAMIENTO DE MIEMBROS” III CONGRESO NAL. DE ORTOPEDIA Y TRAUMATOLOGIA

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