Dr. Emanuel Cortesão de Seiça

Doctor

HPA Units

Languages

Portuguese, French, English and Spanish

From

April 2025

Academic Background

Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior (2017)

Specialty Training in Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2024), Figueira da Foz District Hospital / Beatriz Ângelo Hospital, Loures

Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (2019)

COT Course in Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2023)

Doctorate in Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery, University of Barcelona / MIFAS

Fellowships and Advanced Training

Reconstructive Surgery, Arthroplasty and Joint-Preserving Surgery of the Foot and Ankle (Mein Fusszentrum AG – Prof. Dr. Markus Knupp, Basel, Switzerland)

Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery (Kantonsspital St. Gallen – Prof. Dr. Andreas Toepfer and Dr. Primoz Potocnik, Switzerland)

Ankle Instability, Arthroscopy, and Sports Medicine (SOS Pied Cheville – Dr. Stéphane Guillo, Bordeaux, France)

EFAS/AOFAS Exchange Fellowship – North America: University of British Columbia and Footbridge Clinic – Dr. Alastair Younger and Dr. Murray Penner (Vancouver, Canada)

OrthoArizona – Dr. David Jaffe (Scottsdale, USA)

Cedars-Sinai – Dr. David Thordarson and Dr. Glenn Pfeffer (Los Angeles, USA)

Foot and Ankle Group – Dr. Daniel Mendes, Dr. João Vide, and Dr. Manuel Resende Sousa (Portugal)

Paediatric Orthopaedics (CUF Descobertas Hospital and Dona Estefânia Hospital, Lisbon)

Professional Activity (Main)

Practice of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in outpatient, inpatient, and surgical settings

Foot and Ankle Surgery and Arthroscopy

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Reconstructive Surgery and Arthroplasty

Foot and Ankle Trauma and Gait Biomechanics

Teaching and Academic Collaboration

Lecturer in the Integrated Master’s Degree in Medicine – University of Algarve

Collaborator with the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra and the University of Aveiro in the development of medical devices and biomechanical research

Medical Department – Louletano FC (2018)

Scientific and Teaching Activity (Main)

Author and co-author of various scientific publications and book chapters

Speaker at national and international events

Participation in and coordination of research projects in Biomechanics, Orthopaedics and Translational Research

Supervisor of students in the Integrated Master’s in Medicine

Peer reviewer for the British Medical Journal, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (Springer Nature), and the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (Springer Nature)

Member of several scientific societies: SPOT, EFAS, SPPT, Hermes Society of Foot and Ankle, SECOT, MIFAS

Instructor in training courses in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Main Areas of Practice at Grupo HPA

Sports Traumatology

Foot and Ankle Surgery and Arthroscopy

Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery

Paediatric Foot and Ankle Conditions

Gait and Biomechanics

Conditions treated: Bunion / Hallux Valgus, Ankle Sprain, Flatfoot, Tendinopathies, Osteoarthritis, Cartilage Injuries, Ankle Prosthesis, Foot Deformities