Dr. Oscar Alberto Valverde Gallegos Orthopedic Surgeon
Below is the resume of Dr. Oscar Alberto Valverde Gallegos, a 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
| Date | Degree | Institution |
| 1979-1985 | MEDICAL SCHOOL | UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA |
| 1986 | INTERNSHIP | HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
| 1987 | SOCIAL SERVICE | HOSPITAL SAN VITO |
| 1988-1992 | RESIDENCY | HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
INTERNSHIPS
| Date | Specialty | Hospital |
| JAN-MAR 1986 | INTERNAL MEDICINE | HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
| APR-JUNE 1986 | PEDIATRICS | HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
| JULY-SEP 1986 | GENERAL SURGERY | HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
| OCT-DEC 1986 | GYNECOLOGY-OBSTETRICS | HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
RESIDENCY
| Date | Specialty | Hospital |
| 1988-1992 | ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY | HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
SURGICAL RECORD
| Date | Principal SURGEON |
Assisting FIRST ASSISTANT |
Hospital |
| MAY 88-JULY 92 | 566 | 520 | R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
| FEB-MAY 91 | 88 | 1 | SAN JUAN DE DIOS |
| APR 91-MAY 92 | 95 | 96 | NACIONAL DE NIÑOS |
| AUG 92-APR 93 | 91 | 33 | R.A. CALDERON |
| MAY 93-MAR 06 | 3059 | 982 | R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA |
| JAN 00-JAN 08 | 101 | HOSPITAL CLINICA BIBLICA | |
| JAN 01-DEC 07 | 172 | 40 | HOSPITAL LA CATOLICA |
| TOTALS | 4172 | 1672 |
Total Surgeries: 5844
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
| Date | Type of license or certification |
| 04/12/1985 | BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN MEDICINE |
| 03/27/1987 | INTERNSHIP CONCLUSION CERTIFICATION |
| 03/27/1987 | DOCTOR’S DEGREE M.D. |
| 08/27/1993 | AND TRAUMATOLOGY SPECIALTY |
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 ORTHOPAEDIC 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 CENTRAL AMERICAN 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, LATIN AMERICAN 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 TREATMENT 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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