#  Fernando Marco Martínez 

Medical Director, Hospital Clínico San Carlos

Professor of Surgery, University Complutense of Madrid

 

 

 



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Currently, I am **Full Professor of Orthopedics** at the Complutense University of Madrid and **Head of the Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Department** at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in Madrid.

My specific interest focuses on **Shoulder and Elbow Surgery**, where I am Chief of the Unit.

I also serve as **Director of the Musculoskeletal Institute** at the same center and **Director of the Surgery Department** at the Complutense University.

I have held the positions of **Vice Dean of the Medical School**, **Medical Director** of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital, **President of the National Commission for the Specialty of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology**, **President of the Spanish Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery**, **President of AO Trauma Spain**, and finally, **President of the Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology**.

I am a member of the **Academic Council of the Royal Complutense College at Harvard** and **Corresponding Academician of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain**.

I have **published** more than 200 scientific papers, over 90 of them are indexed with an H index of 29, and have participated in more than 40 **funded research projects**, directing 20 **PhD award** works. I maintain lines of research focused on articular cartilage, cell therapy, traumatology, and shoulder surgery.

In the **social sphere**, I have been recognized as one of the 25 most important orthopedic surgeons in Spain (2021) and one of the five with the best reputation in our country (2023).



 

 

 





 

 

- ## People Taxonomy
    
     [Academic Council](/peopletaxonomy/academic-council)
- ## Stakeholders
    
     [UCM](/stakeholders/ucm)