Professional Experience:

• STAFF PHYSICIAN, SAN VITO HOSPITAL 1987RESIDENCY IN ORTHOPEDICS
• HOSPITAL R.A. CALDERON GUARDIA1988-1989
• RESIDENCY IN ORTHOPEDICS, SAN JUAN DE DIOS HOSPITAL1990
• RESIDENCY IN ORTHOPEDICS, HOSPITAL NACIONALDE NIÑOS (CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL)1991
• MEDICAL SPECIALIST IN ORTHOPEDICS, R.A. CALDERON HOPITALSINCE 1992 
• Private Service NATIONAL DIRECTOR, AO INTERNATIONAL

Education:

• APRIL 1983MEDICAL STUDENT’SFIFTH CONGRESS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA (UCR)
• AUGUST 1983HTAFIRST CONGRESS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA
• SEPTEMBER 1985SURGYCAL EMERGENCIES, C.C.S.S. OCTOBER 1985DERMATOLOGY AND ALLERGY DISEASES SEMINAR, U.C.R.
• SEPTEMBER 1986CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) SEMINAR, C.C.S.S.
• MARCH1987LEGAL ASPECTS IN MEDICINE, CENDEISS
• SEPTEMBER 1987DIABETES MELLITUS SEMINAR, HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS
• SEPTEMBER 1990INTERNACIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INFLAMMATION AND PAIN, ACOT
• NOVEMBER 1991SECOND CONGRESS ON ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY, CENDEISS
• NOVEMBER 1992LIII NATIONAL MEDICAL CONGRESS, COLEGIO DE MEDICOS
• NOVEMBER 1994THIRD CONGRESS ON ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY, ACOTCO-AUTHOR “LIMB LENGHTENING”
• MARCH 1996FRENCH-COSTARICAN WORKSHOP ON ORTHOPEDIC SURG, ACOT
• APRIL 1999SPINE EDUCATION COURSE, SURGICAL DYNAMICS
• DECEMBER 1999CURRENT CONCEPTS IN JOINT REPLACEMENT, ORLANDOFLORIDA
• SEPT. – NOV. 2000ADVANCED 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 2001TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY COURSE.ST. FRANCIS MOORESVILLE HOSPITAL, CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY, MOORESVILLE, INDIANAU.S.A.
• MAY2001TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY COURSE, DEACONESSHOSPITALTOTALJOINTCENTER, CINCINNATI, OHIO, U.S.A.
• AUGUST 2001COURSE ON PELVIS AND ACETABULAR FRACTURES.AO ASIF, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.
• OCTOBER 2001III NATIONAL DAY OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY. CENDEISSS, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.
• APRIL 2002INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS FORUM, A CLINICAL BREAKTHROUGH IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND INFLAMMATION. FLORIDAINTERNATIONALUNIVERSITY.MIAMI, FLORIDA.
• JUNE 2002ADVANCED COURSE OF UNICOMPARTAMENTAL ARTHROPLASTY OF THE KNEE, MINIMUM INVASIVE SURGERY OXFORD PHASE III, NATIONAL CENTER OF REHABILITATION OF MEXICO. MEXICO, D.F.
• AUGUST 2002XXX AO COURSE: "PRINCIPLES IN SURGICAL FIXATION OF FRACTURES". AO INTERNATIONAL.MEXICO, D.F.
• OCTOBER 2002IX CENTRAL AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN CONGRESS AND VI NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ORTOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY. ACOT, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.
• SEPTEMBER 2003I CENTRAL AMERICAN AO INTERACTIVE COURSE OF VERTEBRAL COLUMN. AO SPINE LATIN AMERICA. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA.
• MARCH 2004SYMPOSIUM ON SPORT MEDICINE. SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
• FEBRUARY 2006I CENTRAL AMERICAN AO COURSE OF SURGERY OF THE HAND.AO INTERNATIONAL. GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA.
• FEBRUARY 2007AO ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM:”INTERLOCKING FEMORAL NAIL”SAN JOSÉ, COSA RICA.
• AUGUST 2007AAOS/SCCOT INSTRUCTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA.
• DECEMBER 2007AO MASTERS COURSE.DAVOS, SWITZERLAND.

• MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE  
• National Service Date 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 NACIONALDE NIÑOS (CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL)
• 1991 MEDICAL SPECIALIST IN ORTHOPEDICS, R.A. CALDERON HOPITAL SINCE 1992 Private Service NATIONAL DIRECTOR, AO INTERNATIONAL