Fellowship Program Information
Affiliation (Center Type): Chairman & Professor of the Orthopaedic Department of Minho University;Professor of Porto University (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: Weekly Sessions
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?: Yes
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 6
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: João Espregueira-Mendes MD, PhD, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy
Alberto Monteiro MD, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy
Ricardo Bastos MD, PhD, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy
André Sarmento MD, Hip Surgery and Arthroscopy
Jóni Nunes MD, Shoulder Surgery and Arthroscopy
Niek van Dijk MD, PhD & Bruno Pereira MD, PhD & Daniel Freitas MD, Ankle Surgery and Arthroscopy
José Marinhas MD & Rafael Portela MD, Spine Surgery and Arthroscopy
Pedro Prata, Paulo Maia, António Araújo, Úrsula Martins MD, Sports Medicine
Recent activity of Teaching Center: o Ivo Filipoff (2004) Bulgary
o Erkal Bilgic (2005) Turkey
o Bo Keng (2005) Singapore
o Nobuo Adachi (2005) Japan
o Patrick Yung (2005) China
o W. Hon (2005) Malasya
o Hakan Boya (2005) India
o Indra Napit (2005) India
o David Rajan (2006) India
o Chanakarn Phornptkul (2006) Thailand
o Jae Chul Joseph Yoo (2006) Korea
o Wei-Hsiu HSU (2006) China
o Vaso Kecojevic (2006) Serbia
o Rodrigo Kaz (2007) Brazil
o Alessandro Menezes (2007) Brazil
o George Tzoanos (2007) Greece
o Milko Iliev (2007) Bulgary
o Akinyele Akinyoola (2009) Nigeria
o André Santanna (2009) Brazil
o Ujjval Deliwala (2010) India
o Brian Wolf (2010) USA
o Diane Dahm (2010) USA
o William Clancy (2010) USA
o Warren Duhm, (2010) USA
o Pierre Abadie (2010) France
o Alberto Busilacchi (2010) Italy
o Philipp Heuberer (2010) Austria
o Haris Vasiliadis (2010) Germany
o Ferran Abat Gonzalez (2010) Spain
o Irek Janiak (2012) Poland
o Sérgio Gonçalves (2013) Portugal
o Johannes Zellner (2013) Germany
o Mário Ronga (2013) Italy
o Marie-Béatrice Hardy (2013) France
o Michele Losco (2013) Italy
o Michele Vasso (2013) Italy
o Francesco Della Villa (2014) Italy
o Robson Santos (2014) Brazil
o Franklin Cajaíba (2014) Brazil
o Caroline Rodrigues (2014) Brazil
o Chintan Desai, Mumbai (2014) India
o Sebastiano Vasta (2015) Italy
o Makram Saleh (2015) Egypt
o Ankit Syal (2015) India
o Varun Chouhan (2015) India
o Bharath Senthil Kumar (2015) India
o Maria Joseph Sam Fredrick Michael (2015) India
o Faizaan Rushnaiwala (2016) India
o Bharath (2016) India
o Vipul Vijay (2016) India
o Alessandro Sgró (2016) Italy
o M. A. Saneesh (2016) India
o Tito Rodrigues (2016) Brasil
o Anant Kumar Singh (2016) India
o Patrick Rabelo José (2016) Brazil
o André Yee (2017) Portugal
o Nikhil Gokhale (2017) India
o Ricardo Bastos (2017) Brazil
o Bernardo Maria Brito Baptista Pessoa de Almeida (2017) Portugal
o Jose Antonio Urbano Cansado (2017) Spain
o Francisco José Lozano Moreno (2017) Spain
o Mohnish Singh Basur (2017) India
o Marcelo Tostes (2017) Brazil
o Rajkumar Amaravati (2017) India
o Douglas Pavão (2017) Brazil
o Alexandre Pedro Nicolini (2017) Brazil
o Libardo Benavides Rodriguez (2017) Brazil
o Claudia Arias (2018) Peru
o Andry Rublenko (2018) Ukraine
o Girish Laxman (2018) India
o Felipe Galvão (2019) Brazil
o Francisco Couto Valente (2019) Brazil
o Frederico Paiva (2019) Portugal
o Gabriel M Miura (2019) Brazil
o Luís Henrique Ribas (2019) Brazil
o José Lito Mónico (2020) Portugal
o Gustavo Aparicio (2020) Spain
o Filipe Machado (2021) Portugal
o Juan Miguel Rodríguez Roiz (2021) Spain
o André Gismonti (2021) Brazil
o César Piedade Damásio (2022) Brazil
o Marcello Motta (2022) Italy
o Fabrizzio Marins (2022) Brazil
o Simone Perelli (2022) Spain
o Jorge Fuentes Sánchez (2023)
o Roberto Cisneros (2023) Brazil
o Deven Kuruwa (2023) India
o Leonard Maier (2023) Germany
o Antonio López Albaladejo (2023) Spain
o Gustavo Gil Noriega (2023) Colombia
o Rodolfo Morales (2023) Spain
o Gonçalo Agostinho (2024) Portugal
o Alberto Flores (2024) Spain
o Judit Martínez-Peñas (2024) Spain
o Blake Meza (2025) USA
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: Free meals on Surgery Days
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs): Free meals on Surgery Days
Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases
Arthroscopy 60%
Knee Surgery 30%
Sports Medicine 10%
Area(s) of Specialty: Ankle Arthroscopy Biologics Elbow/Wrist Arthroscopy Knee Arthroplasty Knee Arthroscopy Hip Arthroplasty Hip Arthroscopy Shoulder Arthroplasty Shoulder Arthroscopy
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities: Participate on daily appointments and weekly surgeries performed at Hospital Santa Maria and Clínica Espregueira - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence
Types of Educational Opportunities: Receive hands-on training, Assist with research, Publishing opportunities
Research projects, research facilities and resources, cadaver labs, publication opportunities, integration of the patient and public involvement, and the role of the fellow: MRI-PKTD for knee rotation laxity, Orthobiologics, Cartilage (Mosaicplasty with Porto GUT I and Autologous Minced Cartilage with Porto GUT II), MPFL (double-bundle graft without hardware), knee bone morphology, PPTD (MRI-based arthrometer for the patella), PATD (MRI-based arthrometer for the ankle), isolated ACL reconstruction versus associated Lemaire
Related Conference/Lecture Schedule: Grand Rounds weekly
Daily visits to patients
Annual Congress
Post Graduation in Sports Rehabilitation once a year
Several online-based courses on sports medicine and traumatology
Athletic Team Coverage: FC Porto
Football team, Basketball team, Handball team, Hockey team, Swim Team