Department of Orthopaedics
Vision
A proactive Orthopaedic committed to developing versatile and innovative specialists, producing relevant research, and providing specialty health care for the community.
Mission
The Department of Orthopaedics of East Avenue Medical Center is a community-oriented, multi-specialty healthcare organization dedicated to providing quality and diversified medical/surgical services for he benefit of our patients.
Purpose
- To train specialists with the ability to deliver quality orthopaedic health care with high capability for innovation and improvisation in any setting
- To provide coordinated and comprehensive quality orthopaedic care that is available and accessible to the community.
- To support medical research and development.
Staff
CONSULTANTS:
Services Offered
- Orthopaedics Trauma
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Advanced Pelvic Trauma
- Adult Orthopaedics
- Joint Replacement
- Musculoskeletal Tumor
- Ilizarov and Limb Deformity Correction
- Orthopaedic Infection
- Foot and Ankle
- Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Spine Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Hand and Reconstructive Surgery
- Microvascular Surgery
- Replantation Surgery
Training (PBO)
- Name of Hospital where the training pragram is located:
- East Avenue Medical Center
- Accreditation status of the training program
- Fully-accredited
- Number of residents per year level to include the resident : consultant ration
- 5 consultants per year level
- 2:1 resident to conslutant ratio
- Number of consultants
- Ten (10) active consultant
- Fourteen (14) visiting consultant
- Census of orthopaedics cases (last 3 years) to include the ration of patients to resident
Year Emergency Room Operating Room Outpatient Department Total Patient:Resident Ration 2016 3, 590 1, 028 4, 732 9, 350 467:1 2017 4, 380 1, 090 4, 930 10, 400 520:1 2018 4, 216 1, 469 5, 349 11. 034 551:1 2019 3, 013 1, 542 6, 198 10, 753 537:1 2020 1, 394 1, 536 2, 325 5, 255 263:1 - Number of residents to be accepted for the First Year Level
- Five (5) first year level residents to be accepted every year
- Compilation of research output presented in a national or international convention or published in a national or international peer-reviewed journal (last 3 years)
Provisional knee arthrodesis using the SIGN nail following proximal tibial resection can allow subsequent megaprosthetic limb salvage in low-resource settings Mamer S. Rosario, MD, FPOA, Alvin A. Hernandez, MD, Stephen Joseph Garcia, MD, Paul Christian A. Bejosa, MD, Pauline Melisse S. del Rosario, MD, Reynald Angelo N. Reyes, MD, Erika Paulina Stefani H. See, MD, Romer Ariel M. Santos, MD, FPOA, Misael Jonathan A. Ticman, MD, FPOA, Avelino Alomesen, MD Poster Presentation 20th General Meeting of International Society of Limb Salvage Athens, GreeceSeptember 2019Transarticular solid nailing with centralization of the fibula following distal leg sarcoma resection - The SIGN reconstruction technique Mamer S. Rosario, MD, FPOA Stephen Joseph Garcia, MD Pauline Melisse S. del Rosario, MD Reynald Angelo N. Reyes, MD Erika Paulina Stefani H. See, MD Romer Ariel M. Santos, MD, FPOA Misael Jonathan A. Ticman, MD, FPOA Avelino Alomesen, MD Podium Presentation 20th General Meeting of International Society of Limb Salvage Athens, Greece<September 2019A case of gossypiboma developing from isolated polyurethane fibers following negative pressure wound therapy Christian Emmanuel M. Fontanilla, MD Online Podium Presentation 3rd World Congress on Rheumatology and Orthopaedics September 2020Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the 10-year Fracture Risk Assessment Tool into Filipino Pauline Melisse S. del Rosario, MD Leo Daniel D. Caro, MD, FPOA Misael Jonathan A. Ticman, MD, FPOA Online Poster Presentation World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Krakow, PolandSeptember 2020A case of gossypiboma developing from isolated polyurethane fibers following negative pressure wound therapy Christian Emmanuel M. Fontanilla, MD Online Poster Presentation 21st European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Annual Congress October 2020Fragility Fractures in Children: Evaluating Fracture Risk and Nutrition in Filipino Children using Standard Growth Charts in a Tertiary Trauma Center Kristoffer Carlo A. Narvaez, MD Geoffrey R. Battad, MD, FPOA Online Poster presentation POA Annual Convention November 2020Operative Management of a Complex Bicondylar Hoffa Fracture in an Adult: A Case Report Kristoffer Carlo A. Narvaez, MD. Geoffrey R. Battad, MD, FPOA Online Poster presentation POA Annual Convention November 2020Outcomes of Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures Following Delayed Fixation By Proximal Femoral Locked Plating versus Nailing with Minimum 1-Year Follow-up: Experience on 34 Patients by A Low-resource Trauma Facility Kristoffer Carlo A. Narvaez, MD Misael Jonathan A. Ticman, MD, FPOA Romer Ariel M. Santos, MD, FPOA Mamer S. Rosario, MD, FPOA Online Podium Presentation POA Annual Convention November 2020The Osteoporosis Self-assessment tool for Asians (OSTA) as a screening tool for Sarcopenia in Filipinos Kristoffer Carlo A. Narvaez, MD Leo Daniel D. Caro, MD FPOA Online Podium Presentation 11th International Congress of Surgery November 2020The Foot Health Status of a Tertiary Hospital Employees: A Population-based Correlational Study Jocelle Joanne B. Dema-ala, MD Fernando A. Acance, MD, FPOA Online Poster presentation POA Annual Convention November 2020Towards a more efficient fracture care delivery by a tertiary facility in the Philippines Mamer Rosario, MD, FPOA Ma. Loren O. Lantin, MD Online Poster presentation POA Annual Convention November 2020Towards a more efficient fracture care delivery by a tertiary facility in the Philippines Mamer Rosario, MD, FPOA Ma. Loren O. Lantin, MD Philippine Journal of Public Administration Vol. 64, Issue No. 1 December 2020Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the 10-year Fracture Risk Assessment Tool into Filipino doi:10.1177/2210491720952446 Pauline Melisse S. del Rosario, MD Leo Daniel D. Caro, MD, FPOA Misael Jonathan A. Ticman, MD, FPOA Trauma and Rehabilitation, Journal of Orthopaedics December 2020 - Link to the PBO website
TRAUMA
Comprehensive service dedicated to the diagnosis and management of past-traumatic injuries and musculoskeletal conditions.
- Pelvic and acetabular fractures
- Periarticular fractures
- Open extremity fractures
- Complex extremity soft tissue injuries
JOINT ARTHROPLASTY
Orthopaedic surgical procedure
- Knee replacement surgery
- Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA)
- Total Knee Replacement (TKA)
- Total Hip Replacement (THR)
- Surgery for resurfacing artificial joint (prosthesis)
- Arthroscope
TUMOR
- Surgical treatment or other treatment methods for tumors of extremities
ADULT ORTHOPAEDICS
- Prevention or early treatment of osteoporosis.
- Surgical treatment for bone fracture due to osteoporosis
- Consultation and treatment of osteoporosis and osteopenia
- Diagnosis for treatment plan of orthopaedic disorders and muscle pain
PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS
- Treatment of orthopedic and joint disorders in children, such as movement disorder and abnormal walking.
SPORTS MEDICINE
- Surgical treatment for bone fracture due to sports injury
- Arthroscopy
- Sports injury treatment and care
- Sports recovery
SPINE SURGERY
- Surgical treatment for the cervical spine or cervical vertebrae
- Surgical treatment for spondylosis, scoliosis, or herniated disc
- Joint or disc implant surgery
- Surgical treatment for spinal fracture or spondylolisthesis resulting from accident
- Surgical treatment for spinal osteomyelitis and TB spine.
HAND AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
- Surgical treatment for an accidental hand injury
- Treatment for trigger finger or carpal tunnel syndrome
- Tendon transfer
- Surgical treatment for hand, finger, wrist, arm, or elbow deformity or handicap
- Surgical treatment for carpal bone fracture
- Hand tendon repair
ILIZAROV AND LIMB DEFORMITY CORRECTION
- Surgical treatment for congenital orthopedic and joint disorders, for example, finger, hand or arm deformity, arm or leg length discrepancy, bowlegs, congenital foot deformity (talipes equinovarus foot), or congenital dislocation of the hip joint.