Badia Hand to Shoulder Center runs an active observership type visiting fellowship where the surgeon typically spends from one to four weeks interacting with Dr. Alejandro Badia, a hand and upper limb surgeon.

Acute upper limb injuries, such as fractures and soft tissue injuries, often present  via OrthoNOW®, the only orthopedic urgent care facility in south Florida, and the pilot site for an international orthopedic urgent care franchise. This also presents opportunity to see other community type orthopedic injuries such as foot/ankle, knee, and spine injuries.

The OrthoNOW facility is directly upstairs from the Surgery Center at Doral, a fully equipped ambulatory surgery center where major reconstructions are performed including arthroplasties and non-unions including humerus as part of DoralDOC. Many of the patients come from abroad, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean, providing opportunity to see late reconstructions for trauma that was initially managed in less than optimal fashion in their home country. Nearby MIA airport and hotels facilitate the international patient experience, which is managed by an international patient coordinator, who also organizes the visiting fellowship. Dr Badia is also cofounder of the nearby world famous MARC Institute (Miami Anatomical Research Center) where fellows may have the opportunity to perform some surgical cadaveric dissections and participate in organized courses during their fellowship.

While other surgeons take part in teaching, the fellowship director, Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, is the primary host surgeon and was instrumental in revolutionizing the treatment of distal radius fractures, encouraging the paradigm shift of moving to volar locked plate fixation in late 90s. He also has interest in carpal fractures and instability, wrist and small joint arthroscopy, and soft tissue coverage via use of island flaps. A great deal of elbow and shoulder pathology is managed as well, both arthroscopically and open.

Clinical research opportunities abound including organizing small retrospective series, writing up case reports, and producing illustrative surgical technique videos since one operating room has complete video recording set-up including several wall cameras, in-light camera and endoscopic camera. Pre and post-op evaluations are done at both centers in addition to OrthoNOW® Rehabilitation Center, the onsite therapy center

with PT and OT coverage.  The center is located in Eastern part of city of Doral, two kilometers away from Miami international airport and is a small city heralded for its business community and recent influx of affluent South Americans residing there. It also sits in the industrial hub of south Florida, with nearby manufacturing, aviation and shipping companies that generate significant industrial injuries served by the center and surrounding occupational health centers.
The tropical location and world class “mini-hospital” facilities with nearby cadaver lab, the MARC Institute,  make for a productive and enjoyable fellowship experience.
 
Badia Hand to Shoulder Center
Alejandro Badia, M.D, F.A.C.S
Complete Care of the Hand, Wrist, Elbow and
Shoulder in one Facility
3650 NW 82nd Ave. Suite 103
Doral, Florida 33166
USA
Tel. ++1 305 227-HAND (4263)
www.drbadia.com
info@drbadia.com