Orthopedic Specialist / Subspecialty: Shoulder and Elbow
Dr. Andrés Arismendi Montoya is a physician and surgeon from CES University in Medellin. After completing his studies, he specialized in orthopedics and traumatology at Pontifical Bolivarian University.
He underwent shoulder surgery training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, at the Harvard Shoulder Service under Dr. Jon J.P Warner, and at Uniklinik Balgrist with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, under the direction of Dr. Christian Gerber. Since then, his interest has been focused on shoulder and elbow problems; both his practice and surgery are almost exclusively dedicated to this body segment.
Dr. Andrés Arismendi was also the Academic Director of the First Congress of Advanced Subspecialized Orthopedics-Clinic, held in August 2011 at the Cultural and Business Panamericana Center, with the participation of our institution’s entire orthopedic medical team.
From March 20 to 31, 2017, Dr. Arismendi completed a Clinical Fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology of Kantonsspital St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Professional Memberships:
- Full Member of the Colombian Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.
- Full Member of the AO Alumni Association (AOAA).
Publications:
- Effect of acromial index on rotator cuff tear.
- Fracture of the lateral third of the clavicle in adolescent patients.
- Evaluation of healing in the first episode of traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation using magnetic resonance imaging in patients treated with external rotation immobilization.
- Effect of glenoid version and inclination on rotator cuff tear pattern.
- Clinical and radiological analysis of reverse prosthesis.
- Double fixation for acute acromioclavicular dislocation: recovery of horizontal stability of the clavicle as a key factor for anatomical reduction. Colombian Journal of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
- High-energy trauma with anterior shoulder dislocation and concomitant acromion fracture. Case report. Colombian Journal of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
- Postoperative elbow arthrodesis after failed elbow reconstruction surgeries. Report of two cases. Colombian Journal of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
- Colombian guidelines for shoulder arthroscopy. Concepts and basic equipment. Colombian Journal of Orthopedics and Traumatology.
Treatment of neglected longitudinal radioulnar dissociation.
- Locking compression plates for surgical treatment of comminuted and displaced clavicular diaphyseal fractures.
- Painful synovial plica associated with radiocapitellar chondromalacia: a case report.
- Cadaver course on Medacta prostheses. Geneva, Switzerland, June 28 and 29.
Course on Medacta prosthesis cadavers. Geneva- Switzerland, June 28 and 29.
