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Clínica Espregueira - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence

Center Information

Estádio do Dragão, Entrada Nascente, Piso -3
Porto, Porto 4350-415
PORTUGAL
https://clinicaespregueira.com

Clínica Espregueira - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence is located in The FC Porto Stadium, with 96 medical doctors with 42 different specialties. There is also a MRI and CTscan available, physiotherapy with swimming pool and research centre.

Primary Language Spoken: Portuguese, English and French
Sponosoring ISAKOS Member(s): João Espregueira-Mendes

Contact Information

João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD

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

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

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