Erik Montesinos, M.D.


Dr Montesinos is a member of the following national and international Orthopedic Surgery associations:
- Spanish Association of Orthopedic Surgery (SECOT)
- American Association of Orthopedic Surgery (AAOS)


Professional experience

2004 - present: Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon, Arnau de Vilanova Hospital, Valencia, Spain

2003 - 2004: Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon, La Fe Teaching Hospital, Valencia, Spain

2003 - Present: Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital Quirón, Private Practice; Valencia, Spain

1997 - 2003: Resident Doctor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, La Fe Teaching Hospital, Valencia, Spain

2001 - Present: Medical Consultant, Health On the Net Foundation (www.hon.ch), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

2000 - 2001: Medical Consultant for Netdoctor Spain, an Internet-based medical publishing company

2000 - 2003: Member, Commission for Process Control and Evaluation: Hip Fractures, La Fe Rehabilitación Hospital, Valencia, Spain

2000 - 2002: Member of the Commission for Quality Control, La Fe Rehabilitation Hospital, Valencia, Spain

2000 - 2003: Member of the Commission of Clinical Histories, La Fe Teaching Hospital, Valencia, Spain

1998: Staff Research Assistant, Steadman-Hawkins Orthopaedic Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA

1997: Medical Team Leader, United Nations Peace Keeping Forces, Albania, Legion of the Spanish Army, Operation Alba

1990: Summer Medical Training, Davis Medical Center, University of California at Sacramento, USA 

Publications and Research

Book Chapter: Sanchis-Alfonso, Vicente; Montesinos-Berry, Erik; Aparisi-Rodriguez, Francisco: "Uncommon Causes of Anterior Knee Pain" in V.Sanchis-Alfonso (Ed.), Anterior Knee pain and patellar instability, 1st Ed, London, Ed. Springer, 2006, ISBN: 1-84628-003-6,pp.115-134.

Lecture: Development of a functional evaluation system for the knee. VII Internacional Simposium Clínica CEMTRO. Madrid, November 27-28, 2008

Scientific Poster: Relationship Between the Obliquity of the Graft in the Coronal Plane and Rotatory Stability after ACL Reconstruction. 13th ESSKA 2000 Congress. Porto, Portugal, May 21-24, 2008

Scientific Poster: Gait pattern normalization after lateral retinaculum reconstruction for iatrogenic medial patellar instability. 13th ESSKA 2000 Congress. Porto, Portugal, May 21-24, 2008

Scientific Poster: Recellularization and maturation of allografts used to replace the ACL. Variables that have an influence on these processes. 13th ESSKA 2000 Congress. Porto, Portugal, May 21-24, 2008 Scientific Poster: Patello femoral malalignment is not a sufficient condition for the onset of anterior knee pain or patellar instability. 13th ESSKA 2000 Congress. Porto, Portugal, May 21-24, 2008

Scientific Poster: Re-rupture of the football-player’s reconstructed ACL after return to competitive sport: What failed? 13th ESSKA 2000 Congress. Porto, Portugal, May 21-24, 2008

Article: Baixauli Castellá, F; Baixauli Garcia, F; Montesinos Berry, E. Nonunion of the Humeral Shaft: Long Lateral Butterfly Fracture-A Nonunion Predictive Pattern?.
Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. (424):227-230, July 2004.

Scientific Poster: Hospital Portals in Spain and their Certification for the HONcodeÓ Seal, S. García, E. Montesinos, V. Baujard, C. Boyer. XIII Nacional Hospital Congress, Valencia, Spain. 2003

Scientific Poster: Acute Trapeziometacarpal Luxation and Ligament Repair, Balfagon Ferrer,A; Montesinos Berry, E; Brotons Baile, A.M.; La Fe Teaching Hospital, Valencia, Spain, SECOT 2002

Article: S. García, E. Montesinos, The Use of Clinical Guides Shortens Hospital Stay for Hip Fractures, Especially in Patients Requiring Geriatric Evaluation, Gest Clín Sanit 2001; 3(7): 8

Clinical Case: Persistent Hip Pain After an Injury: A Case Report, Resident Contest Book of Clinical Cases in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology,  Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology – SECOT, 2000

Clinical Case: Hip Pain After a Fall with no Radiologic Fracture Signs, Resident Contest Book of Clinical Cases in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology – SECOT, 2000

Clinical Case: Coxalgia after a pertrocanteric hip fracture of hip, Resident Contest Book of Clinical Cases in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology – SECOT, 2000

Education

2004 - 2005: Medical Management Executive MBA, OpenSpanish University, National School of Health, Madrid, Spain

1998 - 2000: Courses for Doctorate Program. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain

1997:  Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG - USA) Certificate, USMLE, step 1 and 2

1997 - 2003: Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, La Fe Teaching Hospital, Valencia, Spain

1989 -1995: Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain