ISAKOS Approved Teaching Center

Center Information

Estoril 450, Departamento Traumatología y Ortopedia, edificio 4 piso
Estoril 450, Departamento Traumatología y Ortopedia, edificio 4 piso
Santiago , RM
CHILE
http://www.clinicalascondes.cl

Clinica Las Condes is a high complexity hospital founded in 1982. It is a certified clinic by International Institutions that guarantee it. It is the first Chilean clinic to be accredited by the Joint Commission International. It has a sports medicine center in which more than 40 specialists from different areas of orthopedic surgery participate, divided into separate units: - Arthroscopic and reconstructive knee surgery unit: 600 surgeries per year - Arthroscopic and reconstructive shoulder and elbow surgery unit: 350 surgeries/year - Hand surgery unit - Hip and pelvis surgery unit - Children's orthopedics unit - Ankle and foot surgery unit Other Facilities at the clinic -Simulation Center: Several Cadaveric courses per year, Anatomic studies. -Academic Unit: Research facilities. -Innovation Center: Department focused on Innovation projects. Two fellowships per year in shoulder surgery. Summary of Overall Participation: 70% Arthroscopy 30%Open surgery(arthroplasty Fractures) Two fellowships per year in knee surgery. Summary of overall participation 60% arthroscopy (ligaments, meniscal, chondral) 30% knee arthroplasty 10% Other ( patellofemoral, osteotomies)

Primary Language Spoken: Spanish
Sponosoring ISAKOS Member(s): Philippe Neyret, Vicente Gutierrez

Contact Information

Magaly Iñiguez, MD

Fellowship Program Information

Affiliation (Center Type): Universidad Finis terrae (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: 1 year
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?: Yes
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 2
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: Magaly Iñiguez MD. Knee Surgeon. ISAKOS member-scientific committee, gender, and diversity committee. Mauricio Wainer MD Knee Surgeon Roberto Negrin MD Knee Surgeon Jaime Duboy MD Knee Surgeon Carlos Infante MD Knee Surgeon. Chief Professor at the Universidad de Chile
Recent activity of Teaching Center: Patellofemoral course: every 2 years. Philippe Neyret Athlete´s Knee course: every 2 years Vistors Lars Engebretsen, Robert La Prade. Unicompartmental Knee arthroplasty. Sebastien Lustig and Chris Dodd are invited this year October 2020 Publications 2019-2020: 5 publications International congress: 3 original studies. National Congress: 5 original studies.

Financial Support and Expenses

Types of Financial Support Available: No financial assistance or other support is available
Other support that the Teaching Center can provide: If the fellow is allowed to work in Chile under Chileans policy’s , in that case the fellow can earn a salary
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs): No housing. Scholarship: 2000 USD/month.

Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases

Arthroscopy 30%
Knee Surgery 40%
Sports Medicine 30%
Area(s) of Specialty: Knee Arthroplasty Knee Arthroscopy Other
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities: Clinical participation: outpatients 3 times per week, surgical participation 4 days/week. Research: at least 2 projects during the fellowship. Active participation as coauthor. Planification meeting: Weekly
Types of Educational Opportunities: Participate as an observer only, Scrub in for surgery, Assist in clinics under supervision
Research projects, research facilities and resources, cadaver labs, publication opportunities, integration of the patient and public involvement, and the role of the fellow: Research Projects: we have different areas of development, with several projects per area ongoing. Robotic knee arthroplasty surgery, clinical and experimental Patellofemoral: clinical and experimental, 3 D planning, simulation models return to sports: clinical follow up after call surgery new surgery techniques. Fellow: Is desired active participation in at least two projects during the fellowship.
Related Conference/Lecture Schedule: 2 Grand rounds weekly ( 1 orthopedics department+ 1 subspecialty) 2-3 international conferences: recent speakers 2018 Lars Engebretsen, Robert La Prade 2019 Philippe Neyret 4 cadaveric instructional courses/year at the simulation center
Athletic Team Coverage: At the sports center, we treat professional and high-level athletes. Not specific to a Team. During the winter season, our center cover three ski centers near to Santiago ( 1,5 hours from the city)