Medellín Health Centers

• Leading Health University in Medellin
• Full support for fellows
• University Diploma

Instituto Colombiano del Dolor

• 9 Hand and upper extremity surgeons

• 3,000 patients per Month

• 350 Orthopedic surgeries

Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe

Surgical Opportunities for fellows:

• Trauma (open injuries, hand fractures, wrist fractures, tendon lesions, etc)
• Congenital Disorders
• Degenerative Disorders
• Microsurgery procedures (Replantation, Free Tissues Transfer, Braquial Plexus and Nerves Injuries)
• Post Traumatic corrections (Distal radius osteotomies)
• Arthroscopy (Wrist, Elbow, CMC joint)
• Arthroplasty (Shoulder, Total Elbow Replacement, CMC joint, MP and PIP joints)

Possible Research Topics:

• Treatment of the arthritic hand
• New surgical exposures in hand
• Splint in hand surgery
• Treartment of mallet finger
• Uses of codilar plates in hand fractures
• Arthroscopy uses on hand surgery
• Volar plating complications on distal radius fractures
• Complex distal ulna fractures
• Alternatives on CMC joint arthroplasty

About Medellín
Medellín is the second-largest city in Colombia.  In February 2013, the Urban Land Institute chose Medellín as the most innovative city in the world due to its recent advances in politics, education and social development. In the same year, Medellín was announced as the preferred corporate business destination in South America, and won the Verónica Rudge Urbanism Award conferred by Harvard University to the Urban Development Enterprise. Medellín won the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2016. The award seeks to recognize and celebrate efforts in furthering innovation in urban solutions and sustainable urban development.

Fellowship Director and Coordinator:

Dr. Luis Felipe Náquira Escobar
President of the Colombia Hand Society
Secretary of the South American Hand federation.
Hand and upper extermity surgeon

lnaquira@yahoo.com