Volunteer Faculty
Be a volunteer faculty on our programs, and become part of a movement to improve the way that we treat foot and ankle deformities globally.
What You Will be doing
We need surgeons who can treat severe deformities of the foot and ankle and have an ability to give multiple lectures.
Our team includes 6 orthopedic surgeons: 4 international foot and ankle surgeon volunteers in addition to 2 surgeon leaders who are local to that community or region in which we are working.
During the visits, all surgeons are responsible not only for patient care including surgical reconstruction of deformities, but also education of orthopedic surgeons in that country to maximize the potential for future care of patients with similar deformities.
Surgeon volunteers must be able to give a minimum of 8 lectures on various foot and ankle topics and be comfortable with managing correction of foot and ankle deformities.
We believe passionately and the need to change the lives of individuals in the world through surgical intervention and education.
We treat a variety of complex foot and ankle deformities, but recognize that while we are able to provide surgical care to individuals, we believe that the real and sustaining solution is to teach and train in-country surgeons and thereby multiply the delivery of foot and ankle care worldwide.
EXPRESS REGISTRATION
The process varies slightly from country-to-country and project-to-project. We strive to make this process as quick as possible but potential volunteers should be aware that final approval can take several days. To begin the placement process, complete the volunteer application and submit your CV.
SURGICAL CARE
We believe passionately and the need to change the lives of individuals in the world through surgical intervention and education.
We treat a variety of complex foot and ankle deformities, but recognize that while we are able to provide surgical care to individuals, we believe that the real and sustaining solution is to teach and train in-country surgeons and thereby multiply the delivery of foot and ankle care worldwide.
Our Program Structure
Each program is quite similar, and lasts 5 days
Monday
Lectures
Tuesday
Patient examination & teaching
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
How to Get Involved
Be a volunteer faculty or a trainee participant in our programs. The process varies slightly from country-to-country and project-to-project. We strive to make this process as quick as possible but potential volunteers should be aware that final approval can take several days. To begin, browse through our upcoming programs and complete the volunteer application and submit your CV.
Detailed Surgeries Overview
We perform approximately 18 surgeries over two days from two operating rooms. These are generally reconstruction of complex deformities, acquired post traumatic, neurologic, and congenital breakdowns. Depending on the program, there may be a specific focus based on request by the host institution for example on advanced endoscopic and arthroscopic procedures. In other programs the surgeries depend more on what is required for that community, and it may for example have a focus on children and adolescent deformity.
Our expectation is that you are able to perform complex reconstructive procedures using available basic implants. It is important to us that we match you with the appropriate program, based on the needs of the program and your skill set. We know 3 months ahead of the program what type of deformities we can anticipate treating, and will do our best to recommend to you a program that suits your interests.
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers
Name: Francesco Albo
Email: francescoalbo@gmail.com
Location: Rome, Italy
Programs: Jinan China, October 2017
Languages: English, Italian
Name: Thanos Badekas
Email: thanosbadekas@gmail.com
Location: Greece
Programs: Jining, December 2017
Languages: Greek
Name: Paulo Cesar
Email: pcdecesar@terra.com.br
Location: Porto Alegre Brazil
Programs: Ningbo China, April 2018
Languages: Portuguese, English
Name: Pablo Fernandez
Email: pablofernandezderetana@gmail.com
Location: Barcelona Spain
Programs: Rosario, Argentina Oct 2017
Languages: Spanish, French
Name: Luis Hermida
Email: drlfhermida@hotmail.com
Location: Mexico
Programs: Temuco 2018
Languages: Spanish
Name: German Joannas
Email: germanjoannas@hotmail.com
Location: Buenos Aires
Programs: Neuquen Argentina March 2019; Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina August 2019
Languages: Spanish, English
Name: Hector Masaragian
Email: masa@cirugiadelpie.net
Location: Av. Cerviño 4679 Piso 2 zip code: 1425 Buenos Aires
Programs: Goiânia Brazil January 2019, Neuquen Argentina March 2019,
Languages: Spanish, English
Name: Nacime Mansur
Email: nacime@uol.com.br
Location: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Disciplina de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Rua Borges Lagoa 783 5 Andar Vila Clementino 04038002 – São Paulo, SP – Brasil
Name: Ros Miller
Email: rosmiller@doctors.org.uk
Location: Glascow, Scotland
Programs: Yantai China August 2018
Languages: English
Name: Ezekiel Oburue
Email: oburue@googlemail.com
Location: Kenya
Programs: Windhoek Namibia November 2018, Nairobi Kenya June 2019
Languages: English
Location: 3609 SW Durham Dr, Durham, NC 27707, USA
Programs: Nairobi Kenya June 2019
Languages: English
Location: Shady Grove Orthopaedics Medical Faculty Associates GW University 9601 Blackwell Road, Ste 100 Rockville, MD 20850, Maryland
Languages: English
Location: Musculoskeletal Centre of Excellence, International Medical Centre, Hail, Al Ruwais,Jeddah, 23214, KSA
Programs: Ningbo China April 2018, Sao Paulo Brazil November 2019
Name: Andrew Strydom
Email: drewstrydom@hotmail.com
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Programs: Jinan China June 2019
Languages: English
Name: Tudor Tien
Location: Michigan
Programs: Jining China December 2017
Languages: English, Mandarin
Name: Andie Veljkovic
Email: docveljkovic@yahoo.com
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Programs: Windhoek Namibia December 2018, Guangzhou China April 2019, Windhoek Namibia December 2019
Languages: English
Location: Mount Sinai West, 425 west 59 street, New York NY 10019
Languages: Italian, English
Name: Matt Welck
Email: matthewwelck@doctors.org.uk
Location: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, London and Spire Bushey Hospital.
Languages: English
Name: Mingzhu Zhang
Email: michaelzhang120@hotmail.com
Location: Shanghai, China
Programs: Jinan China July 2017, Jining China December 2017, Ningbo China April 2018, Urumqi China June 2018, Yantai China August 2018, Guangzhou China April 2019, Lahore Pakistan November 2019
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Felipe Alloza
Email: falloza8@gmail.com
Location: Sao Paulo Brazil
Programs: Guangzhou China, April 2019
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Name: Attilio Basile
Email: attbasile@tiscali.it
Location: Rome, Italy
Programs: Jinan China, October 2017
Languages: Italian English
Location: W. Jefferson St. Suite 204 Franklin, IN 46131
Languages: English
Location: Office/ hospital CALO – Centro de Alongamento Ósseo HCPM – Hospital Central da Policia Militar Address Av das Américas 3301, bl 5, sl 221 Barra da Tijuca Rio se Janeiro – RJ Brazi
Programs: Windhoek Namibia, December 2018
Languages: English, Portuguese
Name: Todd Gothelf
Email: toddgothelf@me.com
Location: Penrith, Australia
Programs: Goiânia Brazil, January 2019
Languages: English
Name: Jacques Jonck
Email: jhjonck@gmail.com
Location: Windhoek, Namibia
Programs: Windhoek Namibia, December 2018/2019
Languages: English, Afrikaans
Name: Shuyuan Li
Email: drshuyuanli@gmail.com
Location: Miami, Florida
Location: London, UK
Programs: Windhoek Namibia, December 2019
Languages: English
Name: Lee McCluskey
Location: USA
Programs: Nairobi Kenya, June 2019
Languages: English
Name: Luigi Manzi
Email: luigimanzi@alice.it
Location: Italy
Programs: Krakow Poland, May 2019
Languages: Italian, English
Location: Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital Av. Albert Einstein, 627 Building A1 – 3rd floor – Office #317 05652.000 – Morumbi – São Paulo – Brazil
Programs: Ningbo China April 2018, Goiânia Brazil, January 2019
Languages: English, Portuguese
Name: Cristian Ortiz
Email: caortizm@gmail.com
Location: Clínica Universidad de los Andes Avda la Plaza 2501, Santiago. Chile
Programs: Urumqi China June 2018, Nairobi Kenya June 2019
Name: Michael Parentis
Email: michaelparentis@gmail.com
Location: New York USA
Programs: Jinan China July 2017
Languages: English
Name: Jose Sanhudo
Email: josesanhudo@yahoo.com.br
Location: Av. Praia de Belas 2124 / 701 Porto Alegre, RS-Brazil zip code 90110-000
Programs: Yantai China August 2018
Languages: English, Portuguese
Name: Chengchun Shen
Email: scc1207@sina.com
Location: Ningbo, China
Programs: Yantai China August 2018, Guangzhou China April 2019
Languages: Mandarin, English, Korean
Name: Panos Symeonidis
Email: p.symeonidis@gmail.com
Location: Orthopaedic Consultant, Foot & Ankle Specialist, St Luke’s Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Programs: Yantai China August 2018
Languages: Greek, English
Name: Melanie Vandenberghe
Location: Belgium
Programs: Jinan China November 2017
Name: Emilio Wagner
Email: emiliowagner@gmail.com
Location: Argentina
Programs: Sao Paulo Brazill November 2019
Languages: Spanish
Name: Xiangyang Xu
Email: xu664531@hotmail.com
Location: Shanghai China
Programs: Yantai China August 2018
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Jianzhong Zhang
Email: trfoot@126.com
Location: Beijing China
Programs: Ningbo China April 2018
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Rosa Busquets
Email: rbusquetsn@yahoo.es
Location: Barcelona Spain
Programs: Rosario, Argentina Oct 2017
Languages: Spanish
Name: Paulo Ferrao
Email: paulo@cybersmart.co.za
Location: Suite 303 Linksfield Medical Centre 24 12th Avenue Johannesburg 2192 South Africa
Programs: Windhoek Namibia, December 2018, Jinan China June 2019
Languages: English, Portuguese
Name: Naren Gurbani
Email: bondoc1@gmail.com
Location: 35023 Camino Capistrano Capistrano Beach CA 92624 LA, USA
Name: Paul Juliano
Email: pjuliano@psu.edu
Location: Hershey, USA
Programs: Jinan China, July 2017
Languages: English
Name: Alberto Macklin
Email: macklinvadell@gmail.com
Location: Buenos Aires
Programs: Montevideo Uruguay September 2019
Name: Graham McCollum
Location: Life Kingsbury Hospital and Groote Schuur hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Programs: Windhoek Namibia, December 2018
Name: Pam Meliski
Email: allen.pamela@gmail.com
Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Programs: Lima Peru May 2019
Languages: English
Name: Vitor Miranda
Email: vitor.miranda@me.com
Location: Brazil
Programs: Urumqi, June 2018
Languages: English, Portuguese
Location: Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists. Denver, Colorado 8101 E. Lowry Blvd. #230 Denver, CO. 80230
Programs: Sao Paulo Brazil November 2019
Languages: English
Name: Ezequiel Palmanovich
Email: ezepalm@gmail.com
Location: Israel
Programs: Changchun Chile March 2018
Languages: Hebrew, Spanish
Name: Carlos Ramirez
Location: Hospital Address Carrera 38 a # 5 a 100 Torre A, consultorio 707 Centro Médico Imbanaco Cali Colombia
Languages: English, Spanish
Name: Tom SanGiovanni
Email: drsangiovanni@gmail.com
Location: Miami, Florida
Programs: Goiânia Brazil January 2019, Tangshan China October 2019
Languages: English
Name: Gaston Slullitel
Email: gslullitel@yahoo.com.ar
Location: Rosario, Argentina
Programs: Krackow Poland May 2019, Montevideo Uruguay September 2019
Languages: Spanish, English, Italian
Name: Kanglai Tang
Email: tangkanglai@hotmail.com
Location: Chongqing China
Programs: Ningbo China April 2018
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Rodrigo Vicente
Email: dr.rodrigovicente@gmail.com
Location: Brazil
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Name: Pablo Wagner
Email: pwagnerh1@gmail.com
Location: Argentina
Programs: Montevideo Uruguay September 2019
Languages: Spanish, English
Name: Lufeng Yao
Email: mdyaolf@163.com
Location: Ningbo, China
Programs: Jining China December 2017, Ningbo China April 2018, Urumqi China June 2018
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Chao Zhou
Email: drchaozhou@foxmail.com
Location: Zhejiang, China
Programs: Urumqi China June 2018, Yantai China August 2018, Guangzhou China April 2019, Jinan China June 2019
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Adriana Avila
Email: adriavila84@gmail.com
Location: The American British Cowdray Medical Center Avenida Carlos Graef Fernández 154 Colonia Santa Fe, Delegación Cuajimalpa, 05300, Mexico City, Mexico
Programs: Chile, March 2018
Languages: Spanish
Location: Instituto de Ortopedia y Traumatología Dr. Jaime Slullitel. San Luis 2534, Rosario, Argentina
Programs: Lima Peru, May 2019
Languages: Spanish, English
Name: Santiago Guerrero
Email: santiagoguerrero@hotmail.com
Location: Bogota Colombia
Programs: Lima Peru, May 2019
Languages: Spanish, English
Name: Cristian Indino
Email: cristian.indino@gmail.com
Location: IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via R. Galeazzi 4 20126, Milan. Italy
Programs: Krakow Poland, May 2019
Languages: English
Name: Gabriel Khazen
Email: gabrielkhazen@hotmail.com
Location: Av Alameda San Bernardino Caracas Venezuela 1050 Av Alameda San Bernardino Caracas Venezuela 1050
Programs: Lima Peru, May 2019
Name: Ben Liu
Email: liubenqilu@gmail.com
Location: Jinan, China
Programs: Jian China July 2017, Jining China December 2017, Ningbo China April 2018, Yantai China August 2018
Languages: Mandarin, English
Location: Istituto Ortopedico IRCCS Galeazzi – via Riccardo Galeazzi 4 – 20100 Milano
Programs: Tangshan China October 2019
Languages: Italian, English
Location: The Wellington Hospital Platinum Medical Centre 15-17 Lodge Road London NW8 7JA
Programs: Lahore Pakistan, April/November 2019
Languages: English
Location: OT – Instituto de Ortopedia e traumatologia de Blumenau Hermann Hering, 362 Zip code: 89010-600 Bom Retiro. Blumenau – SC Brazi
Programs: Guangzhou China April 2019
Languages: Portuguese, English
Name: Vinod K. Panchbhavi
Email: vkpanchb@utmb.edu
Location: 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0165 Texas, USA
Programs: http://orthodoc.aaos.org/panchbhavi/index.cfm, https://www.utmb.edu/Ortho/Faculty/Panchbhavi.aspx
Languages: English
Name: Jorge Ramos
Email: joramones77@hotmail.com
Location: Neuquen, Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English
Name: Nick Saragas
Email: saragas@global.co.za
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Programs: Jinan China June 2019
Languages: English
Name: Manel Sousa
Email: mresendesousa75@gmail.com
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Programs: Windhoek Namibia December 2019
Languages: Portuguese, English
Name: David Thordarson
Email: david.thordarson@cshs.org
Location: 444 S. San Vicente Blvd., Ste 901; Los Angeles, CA 90048
Programs: Lima Peru November 2019
Languages: English
Location: Istituto ortopedico IRCCS Galeazzi- via Riccardo Galeazzi 4 – 20100 Milano
Programs: Urumqi China June 2018, Krakow Poland May 2019, Tangshan China October 2019
Languages: Italian, Spanish
Name: Bibo Wang
Email: bibo.wang@outlook.com
Location: Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, China
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Guangrong Yu
Email: yuguangrong@hotmail.com
Location: Shanghai, China
Programs: Urumqi China June 2018
Languages: Mandarin, English
Name: Hongmou Zhao
Email: zhao_hongmou@hotmail.com
Location: Xian, China
Programs: Jinan China June 2017
Languages: Mandarin, English