ISAKOS Approved Teaching Center

Center Information

Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona
Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona
Barcelona, Barcelona 08023
SPAIN
www.institutocugat.com

Center for Orthopedic Surgery & Trauma of Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona. Areas of specialty are: KNEE: ACL, meniscal repair, PCL and PLC, meniscal transplant, osteotomies, cartilage treatments. The fellowship will learn specific techniques that we mainly use. SHOULDER: Bankart repair (primary and revision), remplissage, arthroscopic (and open) latarjet, biceps tenodesis, rotator cuff repair, superior capsule reconstruction, tendon transfers for irreparable cuff tears, shoulder replacement (hemi, anatomic, reverse), and treatment of acute fractures or fracture sequelae. ELBOW: Arthroscopic osteocapsular arthroplasty, arthroscopic elbow procedures (plica excision, ECRB release, loose body removal, chondral injuries, capsular shift, ligament repair), open ligament repair, ligament reconstruction, treatment of acute fractures or fracture sequelae, and elbow or radial head arthroplasty. HIP: FAI, labral repair, Peripheral compartment, gluteus medius repair. FOOT/ANKLE: Arthroscopic procedures of the ankle (loose body removal, treatment of chondral injuries, arthrolysis), ligament repair or reconstruction, osteotomies. MUSCLE/TENDON: Acute and chronic hamstrings and rectus femoris repair. We are also leaders in the field of Orthobiologics that complement many of our conservative or surgical treatments. We have well trained Sports Medicine doctors in our team, leaders in Ultrasonography, in case you find yourself interested.

Primary Language Spoken: Spanish
Sponosoring ISAKOS Member(s): Ramon Cugat Bertomeu MD PhD

Contact Information

Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, Director, Instituto Cugat

Fellowship Program Information

Affiliation (Center Type): Universidad Internacional de Catalunya (Catalan International University) (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: 1 month, 3 months, and 12 months
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?:
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 25
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: Ramón Cugat, MD PhD, Knee Arthroscopy Eduard Alentorn-Geli, MD PhD, Shoulder, Elbow and Knee Arthroscopy Pedro Álvarez-Díaz, MD PhD, Shoulder and Knee Arthroscopy David Barastegui, MD PhD, Ankle and Knee Arthroscopy Xavier Cuscó, Hand, Wrist, Ankle, Foot and Knee Arthroscopy Roberto Seijas, MD PhD, Hip and Knee Arthroscopy
Recent activity of Teaching Center: No International activies/visitors due to COVID. However, we have continued accepting national residents/students per agreement with the National Medical Education ministry.

Financial Support and Expenses

Types of Financial Support Available:
Other support that the Teaching Center can provide:
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs): No housing. Basic stipend is being negotiated. Estimated living expenses: Housing: 1200€ monthly, 400€ for a room Transportation: 50€ maximum Food: 100€-120€ / person groceries while restaurant may be between 15-50€. Although we do have a staff cafeteria which serves a daliy lunch menu at 4€.

Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases

Arthroscopy 60%
Knee Surgery 5%
Sports Medicine 20%
Hip 10%
Shoulder 5%
Area(s) of Specialty: Ankle Arthroscopy Biologics Elbow/Wrist Arthroscopy Knee Arthroscopy Hip Arthroscopy Shoulder Arthroplasty Shoulder Arthroscopy
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities: The fellow will have scheduled rotations with the following units: hip and knee, shoulder and elbow, foot and ankle involving the following faculty members: Eduard Alentorn-Geli, Pedro Álvarez-Díaz, David Barastegui, Ramón Cugat, Xavier Cuscó, and Roberto Seijas. During the 12-month fellowship, there will be three 2-month rotations with pairs of faculty member, twice (two rounds of 6-months rotations), so that each fellow get the chance to work with each faculty member twice. A detailed schedule of rotations will be given to the fellow at the beginning of the fellowship. Fellows will be provided with research time during the fellowship. A minimum of 6 peer-review, Indexed-journal, research articles is required at the end of the 1-year fellowship.
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: DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES: Instituto Cugat is the Center for Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma of Hospital Quironsalud Barcelona which provides one of the most modern services, ammenities and facitlities including 14 operating theatres and imaging diagnostic department (CAT, MRI, CT-PET, linear accelerator, hybrid x-ray, digital mammogram). With regards to research facilities, although there is none within the premises, Instituto Cugat conducts all research activities through their Foundation (Fundación García Cugat) and their affiliate centers such as CEU-Cardenal Herrera University and Cordoba University to name a few. Fellows will be involved in Clinical and Research activities. The roles of the Fellow include: - Undertake Specialist Surgical Training in Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine related injuries by being part of Instituto Cugat. - Perform basic and advanced surgical procedures related to Orthopedic Sports Medicine. - Assist in the day to day running of the unit. In particular the fellow must ensure the smooth running of the operating room lists. - Continue the gathering of clinical information for the Institute's database. This includes the pre-operative assessment of patients as well as data collection in peri- and post-operative settings. - Improve the diagnostic ability for hip, knee, shoulder, elbow, foot and ankle conditions in the outpatient clinic. - Elaborate a treatment plan for each of the joint conditions seen in the outpatient clinic. - Assist with out-patients department and clinics. - Contribute to ongoing research projects or create new ones. - Contribute in Book Chapters and other educational projects. - Assist in power point/keynotes presentations and video creation. - Facilitate in the smooth running of Instituto Cugat´s meetings and courses. - Bring new ideas and innovations to the department so that the institute can evolve. - Doing weekend in-patient rounds in a rotatory schedule - The older fellows will introduce and teach the new fellows about the roles and activities in Instituto Cugat.
Related Conference/Lecture Schedule: All activies are annual events. The International Congress of the García Cugat Foundation - for 2022, we will hold our XIIIth congress) PCL Summit - 2022 will be the 6th event. ACL Injury in Femal Football Players Congress - 1st in 2022
Athletic Team Coverage: