Alexandre Fogaça Cristante

Training

• University Education: Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo – FMUSP, 1997.
• Fellowship in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo – 1998- 2001
• Fellowship in Spine Surgery at Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo – 2001- 2003
• Preceptorship Coordinator, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2004.
• PhD of Medicine by Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2007.
• Approved at “Principles and Practice of Clinical Research  –  Harvard  University  – 2011
• Chief of deformity group of AACD since 2011.
• Chief of spine surgery group of IOT-HC FMUSP since 2012
• Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2012.

Fellowship

• Fellowship in Germany, Leopoldina Hospital, 2005.
• Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Pennsylvania, with Dr. Alexander Vaccaro and Todd Albert, 2005
• Fellowship Spinal Center in Los Angeles, California with Dr. Robert Watkins, 2006
• Fellowship at the Texas Back Institute, Texas, with Dr. Jack Zigler, 2006
• Fellowship in Memphis with Dr. Kevin Fawley in minimally invasive surgery, in 2006.
• Fellowship in Munich Stefan Helinger in endoscopic spine surgery, 2010
• Fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery – HSS, New York, with Dr. Todd Albert and Frank Schwab, 2016
• Fellowship at Spine Hospital New York Presbyterian/the Allen Hospital with Dr Lawrence Lenke and Daniel Riew, October and November of 2017. This fellowship was a result of being the recipient of The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) 2017 Global Outreach Program (GOP) Traveling Fellowship.

Professional Activites

• Coordinator of Letran – Laboratory Studies of Nerves and Spinal Cord Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo – SP, in 2003.
• Attending Physician at Spine Surgery Group and Trauma Group, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2004.
• Supervisor of the League of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2008.
• Tutor, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2011.
• Attending Physician at Spine Deformities surgery Group of the AACD, since 2011.
• Program Coordinator of Specialized Complementation Spine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2012.
• Head of Spine Surgery Group and Spinal Cord Trauma Group of Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, since 2012