Philippine Orthopedic Institute, Inc.

The Philippine Orthopedic Institute, Inc., is the first orthopedic private practice group in the country, patterned after group practices in the U.S.

The Institute has achieved a milestone in providing quality orthopedic care. Established in 1987, the Institute provides treatment and services to patients of all ages and from all backgrounds: from expatriates to professional athletes, from industrial health care plans to the charity patients of the Makati Health Program.

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Dr. Vicente R. Gomez

Joined Staff: December 1989

Subspecialty: Pediatric Orthopedics / Bone Turmors

College: University of the Philippines, 1977

Med School: University of the Philippines, College of Medicine – Philippine General Hospital, 1982

Residency: National Orthopaedic Hopsital, 1988

Licensure: Philippines, June 1982 Fellowship Training in Pediatric Orthopedics at Children’s Hospital, Stanford, Palo Alto, California, 1988 - 1989

Current Hospital Affiliations:

• Director, Philippine Orthopedic Institute, Inc., Makati Philippines • Active Consultant, Department of Orthopaedics, Makati Medical Center, Makati Philippines • Active Staff, Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Philippines • Active Staff, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Philippines • Medical Director, Philippine Cerebral Institute • Orthopedic Section Head, Philippine Children’s Medical Center

Teaching Positions:

• Training Officer, Department of Orthopaedics, Makati Medical Center, Makati Philippines

Orthopaedic Societies:

• Founding Member, Philippine Pediatric Ortrhopaedic Society • Member, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine • Member, Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association • Member, Cerebral Palsy Foundation of the Philippines • Member, Philippine Medical Association • Fellow, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

Other:

• Author, “Congenital Clubfeet in Congenital Constricting Bands”, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Vol. 323 Feb. 1996. • Author, “Intracompartmental Malignant Granular Cell Tumor of the Adductor Longus Muscle”, Philippine Journal of Orthopedics, Vol. 15, Dec. 1996. • Author, “Surgical vs. Conservative Treatment of Pott’s Paraplegia in Children”, Phil. Journal of Orthopedics, Vol. 13, Dec. 1994. • Co-Author, “Bracing in Scoliosis: A Meta Analysis)”, Devel Medicine and Child Neurology”, April 1994. • Author, “Surgical Glove Perforation in Elective Orthopedic Procedures”, Philippine Journal of Orthopedics, Vol. 12, Dec. 1993. • Author, “ Surgical Treatment of Neglected Lateral Condyle Fractures”, Philippine Journal of Orthopedics, Vol. 9, Dec. 1990.

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