César Galo García Fontecha
Jefe de Grupo
Research group
Research line:
Skeletal Dysplasias
César García Fontecha graduated in Medicine from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1989 and obtained the specialty of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology in 1995 at the Hospital Vall d'Hebron (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). He has a doctorate in Surgery from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona since 1998.
In recent years, he has obtained the European FELASA degree for experimentation with animals, as well as the Diploma in Statistics applied to Health Sciences in 2008, the Master's Degree in Scientific Methodology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2010 and the Master's Degree in Management of Health Institutions by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2019.
Between 2009 and 2018, he led the Bioengineering, Orthopedics and Pediatric Surgery research group at the Hospital Vall d'Hebron, accredited at AGAUR first as emerging and then as consolidated.
In 2018 he joined as Director of the Traumatology Area at the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital; and he has promoted the Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology research group at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, where he leads the Skeletal Dysplasias research line.
SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital Last Publications
- Jurado-Ruiz M, Rovira-Martí MP, Riera L and García-Fontecha CG How to avoid genu recurvatum in leg-length discrepancy treated with tension-band plates. A volumetric magnetic resonance analysis Journal of Orthopaedics . 57: 35-39.
- Benito N, Martínez-Pastor JC, Lora-Tamayo J, Ariza J, Baeza J, Belzunegui-Otano J, Cobo J, Del-Toro MD, García-Fontecha CG, Font-Vizcarra L, Horcajada JP, Morata L, Murillo O, Nolla JM, Núñez-Cuadros E, Pigrau C, Portillo ME, Rodríguez-Pardo D, Sobrino-Díaz B and Saavedra-Lozano J Executive summary: Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis in adults and children, developed by the GEIO (SEIMC), SEIP and SECOT. enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (english ed.) . 42(4): 208-214.
- Benito, N, Martinez-Pastor, JC, Lora-Tamayo, J, Ariza, J, Baeza, J, Belzunegui-Otano, J, Cobo, J, del-Toro, MD, García-Fontecha CG, Font-Vizcarra, L, Horcajada, JP, Morata, L, Murillo, O, Nolla, JM, Nunez-Cuadros, E, Pigrau, C, Portillo, ME, Rodriguez-Pardo, D, Sobrino-Diaz, B and Saavedra-Lozano, J Executive summary: Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis in adults and children, developed by the GEIO (SEIMC), SEIP and SECOT ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA . 42(4): 208-214.
Projects
- Project name:
- Exploring the relationship between Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Leader
- César Galo García Fontecha
- Funding entities:
- European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS)
- Code
- PFE00092
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2023
- Project name:
- Computational model of guided growth in immature skeleton for custom-made correction of deformities.
- Leader
- César Galo García Fontecha
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI20/00293
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2021 - 2024