Surgeon in charge of fellows: Luis Carlos Morales Saenz
Head of department: Luis Carlos Morales Saenz
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Nothing
More information
Number of beds in department: 335
Total surgical cases per year: 1059
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: Yes
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: Yes
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: Yes
Intradural surgery: Yes
Thoracoscopy: Yes
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Spanish
English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / spoken (3)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
We are experts in interventional pain management (percutaneous techniques: thermodiscoplasty, radiofrequency and spinal blocks), cervical and lumbar degenerative surgery, and deformities (pediatric and adult).
Curriculum vitae, a photo of formal career and white background, copies of: Identity document, diploma and postgraduate degree certificate, updated BLS and ACLS course certificate, professional card, certificate of antibody titers for hepatitis and for chickenpox, medical insurance. Certificate of postgraduate grades and certificate of vaccine against measles not older than 9 years of applied. certificate of vaccine against covid
