Dr. Manuel Leyes
General Information
Traumatologist and orthopedic surgeon in Madrid with almost 30 years of experience. Throughout his extensive career, he has focused his professional activity on the diagnosis and treatment of knee pathology, shoulder pathology, sports injuries, ankle pathology, knee prosthesis, robotic surgery and knee injuries. cruciate ligament.
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra and specialized in orthopedic surgery and traumatology from the same university. In addition, he complemented his training with a Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery. At the end of the MIR, he was awarded as the resident with the best CV in Spain among all specialties.
He later trained in shoulder surgery in California and spent stays in ten hospitals in the United Kingdom and the USA, including Mayo Clinic in Rochester and the universities of Miami, Oxford and Cambridge.
Throughout his professional career, he has been a medical consultant in different clinics and centers, in the professional teams Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), Cleveland Browns (NFL) and Cleveland Indians (Baseball) and a Traumatology consultant for several football teams, such as Atlético de Madrid, Getafe CF, Real Zaragoza and the Spanish Sports Gymnastics, Judo and Karate Federations.
Experience- Director of Law, Flores and Associates at Olympia Quironsalud.
- Residency in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology through MIR (order number 80) at the University Clinic of Navarra. Pamplona
- Clinical Collaborator in the COT Department of the University Clinic of Navarra. Pamplona
- Clinical Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. cleveland
- Traumatology assistant at the Dexeus University Institute (ICATME). Barcelona
- Traumatology assistant at the Galician Institute of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology and Sports Medicine (IGACOTDE), Santa Teresa Hospital. La Coruña, Traumatology assistant at the CEMTRO Clinic. Madrid,
- Head of the Knee Unit at the FREMAP HOSPITAL. Majadahonda,
CLINICAL ROTATIONS ABROAD
- University of Miami. Jackson Memorial Hospital. Florida, USA. 5 months
- Kleinert Hand Institute. Louisville, Kentucky, USA 1 month
- John Radcliffe Hospital. Oxford, England 3 weeks
- Nuffield Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Oxford, England 3 weeks
- Mayo Clinic. Rochester, Minnesota, USA 3 weeks
- O'Connor Hospital. San Jose, California, USA 3 weeks
- The Wellington Hospital. London, England 1 week
- Princess Grace Hospital. London, England 1 week
- Addenbrooke's Hospital. Cambridge, England 2 weeks
- BUPA Cambridge Lea Hospital. Cambridge, England 2 weeks
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2.5 years
- 2002 WPOA Travelling Fellowship (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore) 4 weeks
- Southern California Orthopedic Institute, USA 4 weeks
Degree- Graduate in Medicine and Surgery. University of Navarra
- Doctor of Medicine. University of Navarra
- Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology. Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Clinical Fellowship in Sports Medicine. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
- Clinical Fellowship in Foot & Ankle Surgery. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Diploma in English from the Official School of Languages. A Coruña
- ECFMG (Educational Commission Foreign Medical Graduates).
Pathologies
Knee, shoulder, ankle pathology and sports injuriesCommunications and Presentations
- DOCTORAL THESIS
"Analysis and prevention of axial deviations in elongations of the lower limbs". Unanimous decision, cum laude. University of Navarra. 19-02-1996.
- POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
"Changes in cellularity and spatial distribution of type VI collagen in ACL-deficient joints." Biomedical Engineering. Lerner Research Institute. Cleveland, February 1998 to July 1998. Supervisor Cahir Mc Devitt PhD.
Awards and certifications
SOCIETIES
- AEA (Spanish Arthroscopy Association)
- SEROD (Spanish Knee Society)
- SECOT (Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology)
- ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy). – ISAKOS International Society of Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery.
- WARTHOG ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY
- MAGELLAN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY – SOMACOT (Madrid Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology)
- Society of Scholarship Holders of the Barrié de la Maza Foundation
Other merits
- Former member of the Board of Directors of SEROD (Spanish Knee Society)
- Former member of the Board of Directors of the AEA (Spanish Arthroscopy Association)
- Former director of the Arthroscopy Notebooks Journal (AEA).
- President of the Joint Congress AEA-SEROD 2015 Madrid
- Member of the Arthroscopy Committee of the ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy)
- Member of the Knee Collateral Ligament Study Group of ESSKA
- Honorary Member of the Argentine Arthroscopy Association
- Patron of the María Pagés Foundation and Choreographic Center.