Best Scoliosis orthopedists in Spain: TOP 9 doctors

• Prof. Joaquim Casañas specializes in scoliosis treatment using advanced techniques like spinal fusion, bracing, and physiotherapy.
• Prof. Casañas has international experience, having trained at clinics such as the Mayo Clinic in the USA and Avicenne Hospital in France.
• Director of the Trauma Department at Teknon Hospital since 1999.
• Member of the Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology and the European Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy.
• Holds a medical degree from the University of Barcelona and specialized in orthopedic surgery at Bellvitge University Hospital.

• Dr. Alejandro Peiro García specializes in spinal deformity, early onset scoliosis, and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
• Utilizes advanced technologies and methods including bracing, physical therapy, spinal fusion, growing rods, and VEPTR sys, all of which are applicable for treating scoliosis.
• Completed a two-year fellowship in pediatric spinal surgery at the University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital.
• Gained experience in minimally invasive spinal surgery at the Center for Spine and Orthopedics in Denver, USA.
• Member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) and the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS).

Dr. Javier Albiñana Silveti is a specialist in orthopedic surgery and pediatric traumatology. He has over 38 years of experience in the treatment of hip dysplasia, bone tumors, malformations and Perthes disease.

Experience

2013 – present | Pediatric Traumatology at the Ruber Internacional and Quirón Hospital in Pozuelo.

2004-2013|Head of the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics at the La Paz Hospital in Madrid.

1994-2004| Assistant in pediatric orthopedics at the Niño Jesus Hospital in Madrid

1992-1994 | Fellow, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, University of Iowa (USA)

1988-1989|Research Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedics, Oxford University (UK).

Qualification

1988 | Doctor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid.

1982 | Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Education:

2004|Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the UAM.

Publications

2019|Does femoral head orientation influence acetabular development? An experimental study in Lamb. J Pediatr Orthop. 2019 Sep;39(8):416–421.

2015|Pavlik harness outcomes in Ortolani-positive hips: predictors of failure and arthrographic findings. J Child Orthop 2015 Aug;9(4):249-53.

2013|Selective triradiate epiphysiodesis for the treatment of residual experimental acetabular dysplasia. J Pediatr Orthop. 2013 Dec;33(8):821-8.

Communications and presentations

2021|Perthes Disease. Congress of Pediatric Orthopedics, SEOT, Ecuador.

2019|Dysplasia of the hip, Children's Hospital, San Jose, Costa Rica, April 2019

2018| Cerebral Palsy, ASFAPE, Madrid.

2007 | Tear and Dysplasia of the Hip, POSNA, San Diego.

2005 | Open reduction failure and DDH. Boston, IPOTT.