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Lisbon Foot & Ankle Surgery

Fellowship/Residency Information

Rua Lucília Simoes
Lisbon, Lisbon 1500-387
PORTUGAL
https://peetornozelo.pt/fellowship

The Lisbon Foot & Ankle Fellowship offers 1-4 weeks of hands-on clinical experience with 15-20 cases weekly, including trauma, arthroscopy, reconstructions, and diabetic foot. Fellows may scrub in surgeries and join clinical research projects. Financial support may be available for qualified applicants.

Primary Language Spoken: Foot & Ankle Surgery | Cirurgia do Pé e Tornozelo
Sponosoring ISAKOS Member(s):

Contact Information

Daniel Mendes, MD

Fellowship Program Information

Affiliation (Center Type): 3 Institutions, all private: one private university hospital and 2 other major private hospitals (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: 3 months
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?: No
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 4
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: Manuel Sousa, MD, Foot and Ankle Surgery Daniel Mendes, MD, Foot and Ankle Surgery João Vide, MD, Foot and Ankle Surgery Francisco Flores, MD, Foot and Ankle Surgery
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Financial Support and Expenses

Types of Financial Support Available: Private
Other support that the Teaching Center can provide: On demand from program website Direct Application
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs):

Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases

Area(s) of Specialty: Ankle Arthroscopy Biologics
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities:
Types of Educational Opportunities:
Research projects, research facilities and resources, cadaver labs, publication opportunities, integration of the patient and public involvement, and the role of the fellow: João Vide, MD, PhD Candidate with Thesis on Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures. He is the past Coordinator of the Department of Biomechanics of the Portuguese Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, the Foot and Ankle Delegate for EFORT, and ESSKA-AFAS board member. Dr. Manuel Sousa: EFAS Board Member - Chair of the Humanitarian Committee, internation medical advisory board member of the Steps2Walk program, International Olympic Committee Board Certified. Daniel Mendes, Head of the Biomechanics Department of the Portuguese Orthopaedics and Traumatology Society (2021-2022). Focuses on degenerative disorders, post-trauma deformities, neurological and diabetic foot, as well as minimally invasive, arthroscopic, and endoscopic surgical techniques.
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