Date of Birth: January 07, 1954
Private Offices:
Instituto Cohen de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Av. Lineu de Paula Machado, 660
Cidade Jardim – São Paulo – SP
05601-000 – Brazil
University
Federal University of São Paulo/ Paulista Medical School- UNIFESP
Center of Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology – CETE
Rua Pedro de Toledo, 394 – Vila Clementino
04039-001 – São Paulo – SP Brazil
EDUCATION
University – Medical School
Faculdade de Medicina de Sorocaba da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – Sorocaba, São Paulo/SP
From 1972 to 1977
Residency
In Brazil
Residence in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Santa Casa University of Medicine from 1979 to 1982.
Specialization in Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy in the Knee Group at the Department of Orthopaedics at the Santa Casa University from 1982 to 1984.
Post Graduation – ‘Sensu Lato”
In Sports Medicine at the São Paulo School of Medicine, during 1990, receiving the title of Specialist in Sports Medicine.
Post Graduation – Master Degree
Post-graduate Course In Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Paulista Medical School, from 1991 to 1994, as a Doctorate Ph.D. Approved in public defense on December 14th, 1994. Title of the thesis was “Estudo comparativo entre o tratamento cirúrgico e não cirúrgico da lesão do ligamento cruzado anterior”
PostDoctoral Degree – Professor
Program offered by the Federal Unibersity of São Paulo/EPM. Approved in public defense on October 27th, 2002, the title was “ Reconstrução do ligamento cruzado anterior com o trerço central do ligamento da patela. Avaliação dos resultados com seguimento de dez a quinze anos”.
Full Professor and Chief of the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Department at the Federal University of São Paulo
ISAKOS Past President 2011- 2013
SARD Past President
Brazilian Knee Society President