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Dr. Matías Alfonso
Director of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
Preferential dedication to the study of the spine
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Professional career
Degree (1993) and Doctor (2005) in Medicine from the University of Navarra.
Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology by the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (1999).
Director of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra from 2015 to 2022.
Currently, specialist in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
RESEARCH AREAS
- He has participated in 9 research projects funded in competitive calls.
- He has participated in 2 non-competitive R+D+i projects.
- He has directed a doctoral thesis.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Diagnostic study and surgical treatment of back problems.
Activity
As an educator
- Accreditation by ANECA as Associate Professor Doctor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Navarra since 2019.
- Collaborator in the care of internship students at the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra Clinic.
As a researcher
- He has collaborated in more than 75 national and international specialized scientific publications.
- He has presented oral and written papers in more than 245 national and international congresses.
Scientific organizations
- Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT).
- Basque-Navarre Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SVNCOT).
- Society for the Study of Spine Diseases (GEER).
- AO Spine Spain.
Latest scientific publications
- Allogenic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapy for patients with chronic low back pain: a prospective, multicentre, randomised placebo controlled trial (RESPINE study). Scientific Publication Oct 11, 2024 | Magazine: Annals of Rheumatic Diseases
- The effects of a prehabilitation programme based on therapeutic exercise, back care education, and pain neuroscience education in patients scheduled for lumbar radiculopathy surgery: A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Scientific Publication Jun 6, 2024 | Magazine: PLoS One