Orlando Miguel de Cárdenas
Associate professor
Faculty of Health Science Walter Sisulu University WSU
South Africa
Biography
He was graduated in 1976 as medical doctor at University of La Habana Cuba. Ex fellowship WHO at University of Toronto Canada. With more than 30 year working as specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery is associate professor and associate researcher. Expertise in total joint replacement and external fixators. Paper published 38 in reputable journals, authors of a chapters in two different international books. Nine research submitted and applied. Certificate as invention’s authors CIPO (patented). Since 2015 working at Walter Sisulu University (Nelson Mandela academic Hospital) Eastern cape, South Africa. Currently involved in three research projects.
Research Interest
Total Joint replacement (hip and knee), Bone cementation. , Bone graft substitutes, Bone tumours, Hips and knee disorders in children