Professor Doctor GERMÁN OCHOA AMAYA, MD.
Medical School . National University of Colombia. 1977
Residency :
Orthopaedic and Traumatology Surgery.
Militar University “Nueva Granada”. 1986.
Spine Pathology Fellowship
Mexican Institute of Social Security System. 1984. México, DF.
Director : Professor Héctor Peón-Vidales .
Visiting Fellow of Hospital Germán Diaz Lombardo. México City.
Professor : Dr. Eduardo Luque.
Twin Cities Scoliosis Center and Gillette Children´s Hospital.
Minneapolis, Minnesota and Saint Paul. University of Minnesota. USA.
1986.( First Semester ).
Professors
Dr. Robert Winter, Dr. John Lonstein, Dr. David Bradford, Dr. Francis
Denis, Dr. Enzor Transfeldt, Dr. Jimmy Ogilvie.
Toronto General Hospital. University of Toronto. 1986 ( Second
Semester. ).
Director : Professor John Kostuik
Research Fellowship. Pediatric Orthopaedic and Spine.
Alfred I duPont Institute. Wilmington, Delaware. USA. 1985.
Director : Professor G.D. McEwen
AO- International Fellowship. May – July, 1988.
Kantonspital , Bern, Switzerland.
Professor : Dr. Max Aebi.
Felix Platter Spital. Basel, Switzerland.
Professor : Dr. Walter Dick.
Visiting Spine Fellowship. July – September, 1988
La Pitie. Paris, France.
Professor : Dr. Raymond Roy – Camille
Past Appointments :
1993-1996 / 1998-1999
President . Colombian Pain Association. – ACED An Affiliate of International Association for the Study of Pain.
1999-2001
President of the Iberolatinamerican Spine Society
– SILACO –
1999-2002
President of the Latinamerican Federation of Pain
Societies. – FEDELAT -
2000-2002
Committee.
Chairman . Latinamerican AO Spine Educational
2001-2002
Coordinator “ National Action Network – Colombia ”
Bone and Joint Decade.
2002-2003
President . Colombian Orthoapedic Society –SCCOT –
2003 Chairman Task Force for Central America and The
Caribbean – AOSpine Latinamerica.
2004
Member of the Organizing Committee. “SpineWeek”-.
Porto, Portugal.
2005 -
Chairman of the Educ Committee of FEDELAT
2007
Co-Chairmen of Advanced Spine Courses. AOSpine
International. Davos, Switzerland.
2008
Chairman combined meeting ISSLS – AOSPINE .
Cartagena, Colombia. October 2 – 4
Current Appointments:
1986 – Currently
Professor on Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery.
Professor on Pain Management
Universities : “ Militar Nueva Granada ” , “El Rosario” and “ Juan N.
Corpas”.
Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology.
Spine and Pain Unit.
University Hospital Clínica San Rafael. Bogotá. Colombia.
1999 - Currently
Spine Journal.
2002 - Currently
Journal
Member of the Advisory Board . European
Member of the Advisory Board. The Spine
2009 Member “ Education Initiatives Working Group" International Association for the Study of Pain – IASP - .
2009 -2010
Co – Chairman Virtual Course on Spine Pathology .
AOSpine Latinamerica.
2009 – 2010
Member of the working group. Project : “Bogotá : a
Pain-Free City ” . Joint Project Secretary of Health Bogota,
Latinamerican Federation of Pain Societies – Colombian Pain Society
2010 – 2014
Member of Council - International Association for
the Study of Pain. – IASP –
2011 – 2014
International
Chairman AOSpine Educ Commission. AOspine
Main Areas Of Interest : ( as Spine Surgeon )
Degenerative.
Trauma
Deformities
Infections
Tumors
Pain Management
Osteobiologics
Research Activities
Low Back Pain
Osteoporosis
Trauma
Infections
Tumors
Core Teaching Activities
Plenary Conferences for pre and post-graduated students ( Medicine,
Orthopaedic Surgery and related specialties ).
Lectures for Comprehensive, Interactive and Specialized ( Focus )
courses.
Participation in Seminars and workshops.
Participation in courses on Cadavers .
Experience in “Teaching the Teachers” , “Evidence Based Medicine”
and e-learning Projects.
Participation on International Congress and Conferences as a Lecturer
( Spine Pathology and Pain Management ).
Participation on Faculty Development working groups
Participation on development of Inter-professional / Inter-disciplinary
core curriculums
Recent Publications
§ Ochoa G., Morillo O.C ( 2012 ) Stentoplasty : an alternative for
osteoporotic and metastatic spinal fractures. Spineweek, Ámsterdam,
Mayo 2012. ( Abstract book ).
§ Ochoa G. (2010 ) Low Back pain as an expresión of
musculoeskeletal pain. . Chapter in the book “Musculo-skeletal Pain “.
Colombian Pain Society. May.
§ Ochoa G., Bejarano P., Bistre S. ( 2010 ) Disc herniation related
sciatica - radicular pain : an expression of a complex regional pain
syndrome ? . Workshop. 3th. Congress of Special Interest Group on
Neuropahtic Pain. - International Association for the Study of Pain. –
IASP - Athens, Greece, May 27th - 2010
§ Ochoa G , Abella P. : "Low doses of I.V. Ketamine to treat acute
neuropathic pain". . Workshop. 3th. Congress of Special Interest Group
on Neuropahtic Pain. - International Association for the Study of Pain.
– IASP - Athens, Greece, May 27th - 2010
§ Ochoa G. ( Editor ) . (2010). “ Opioids to manage musculoskeletal and neuropathic Pain. Experts Consensus. Panamá. March
26-27, ( Under Revision )
§ Neuropathic Pain : Up- date. ( 2009 ) .Chapter’s Book . In : Anzola
Fuentes L.K. Frequent Knee Pathology. A Perspective from the clinic
to the images. Argüeso Garzon Editors. Pages 81 – 90
§ Balagué F., Ochoa G., Geneway S. ( 2009 ) Prise en charge
conservatrice des lombalgies chroniques : quoi de neuf ? Revue
Médicale Suisse 5 : 560-4
§ Ochoa G., Abella P., ( Editors ) 2008. Perioperative Pain : A
Revision on the Evidence. Experts Meeting Latinamerican Federation
of Pain Societies. May. Europapress.
§
Ochoa G. Open Vertebroplasty : A treatment Option for
Metastasis to the Spine. ( 2007 ) . Journal of Colombian Orthoapedic
Society. Vol 21, 4 December
§
Ochoa G. Infections of the Spine.( 2007 ) . ( Chapter ) In New
AO Spine Manual . Aebi M, Webb J, Arlet V. ( Editors ). Springer –
Verlag. Germany.
§
Abella P, Ochoa G. Pain Management : A Practical Guide to
Primary Care Physicians and Nurses. ( 2007 ). ( In Press )
§
Ochoa G. ( 2006 ). Pain Imaging. Inspine. International
Publication of AOSpine. Switzerland.
§
Abella P, Ochoa G. ( 2005 ) . ( Manual ) . Rationale to use Pain
Medication in the Daily Practice.
§
Ochoa G. Low Back Pain : An Update. ( 2005 ) . In : Pain
Textbook . Bilbeny N, Paeille C.( Editors ). Santiago de Chile.
§
Ochoa G. Sandoval A, Dimian D. ( 2004 ) Non-Hodgkin
Lymphoma of the Spine : two case reports and review of the literature.
Abstracts. Spineweek. Porto, Portugal.
§
Ochoa G. ( 2004 ) Direct Instrumentation in the treatment of
Infections of the Spine. . Abstracts. Spineweek. Porto, Portugal.
§
Ochoa G. ( 2004 ) Open Vertebroplasty : an alternative for the
treatment of metastasis to the spine. . Abstracts. Spineweek. Porto,
Portugal.
§
Ochoa G. ( 2004 ). The Pediatric Spine. In : Textbook Of
Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Malagón V, Soto D. ( Editors ).
Editorial Celsus.
§
Ochoa G, Abella P. ( 2004 ) . ( Manual ) .Guidelines to treat Pain
in the Emergency Room . Colombian Association for the Study of Pain.
§
Ochoa G., ( 2004 ) Neuropathic Pain : An Update. In : Pain
Textbook . Osorio R, Granados M, ( Editors ). Editors Guadalupe.
Bogotá, 2004.
§
Ochoa G. ( Editor) . ( 2004 ) Acute and Subacute Disc
Herniation : Evidence Based Medicine Review . Journal of the
Colombian Orthopaedic Association . Vol . 18 Supplementum 1.
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Ochoa G. ( 2004 ) The Spine on Rheumatoid Arthritis. In :
Rheumatoid Arthritis Textbook. Ramirez. CA, Anaya JM. ( Editors )
Colombian Association of Rheumatology. Editorial Médica
Colombiana.
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Ochoa G, Morales O, Herrera G. ( 2004 ). Vertebral Body
Replacement with Expandable Cages. Abstracts. 49º. International
Congress of the Colombian Orthopedic Association .
§
Martinez Z, Ochoa G. ( tutor ). ( 2003 ). Thesis : Results of three
different methods of treatment for Acute Low back Pain. “ Manuela
Beltran” University. P.T Department.
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Ochoa G, Sandoval A, Dimian D. ( 2003 ) Is postoperative brace
necessary after anterior Spinal fusion and instrumentation ? Abstracts.
48º. International Congress of the Colombian Orthopedic Association .
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Ochoa G, Marré B. ( 2002 ) . AO / ASIF Principles in Spine
Surgery . Spanish version. Aebi M, Thalgott J, Webb J. SpringerVerlag. ( Editors ).
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Ochoa G, Montealegre D. ( Editors ) .( 2002 ). Textbook .
Pediatric Pain. Colombian Association for the Study of Pain. Editorial
Caos.
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Ochoa G. ( 2001 ) Low Back Pain : revisited . In Pain 2001 .
Manual of the Colombian Association for the Study of Pain.
Hernández JJ, Fernández CF.( Editors ).
Address for correspondence :
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Bogotá, D.C.
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