Ernesto Emilio Fleites Marrero M.D.

Date of birth: 7 of December of 1961.

Professional Experience

- Medical Doctor by the Institute of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara. Cuba: 1985

- Member of the Cuban Society of Ortopedia and Traumatología: 1986

- Orthopaedic and Traumatology Specialist: 18 years (from 1989)

- Experience in Spinal Surgery: 14 years (from 1993).

- Basic knowledge of the English language.

- Mission of work as Orthopaedic and Traumatology Specialist in the Republic of Yemen, 1991 and 1992,

- Expert Degree in Spinal Surgery by the Ortopédico Institute Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, 1988.

- Certificate of Patent as Author of Invention of Method and Device for the Spinal Instrumentation (number 22674). Cuban Office of the Industrial Property. (2000).

- Graduated in Spinal Surgery by the National Institute of Rehabilitation of Mexico and by the Independent University of Mexico (UNAM), 2006.

- 6 years as Head of the Service of Spine and the Group of Spinal Deformities of the Surgical Clinical Hospital “Hermanos Ameijeiras”, Havana, Cuba.

- Currently Head of the Orthopaedic and Clinical Traumatology at the Cira García Central Clinic, Havana, Cuba.  

Main Attended Courses

- Training in Surgery of the Spine. Ortopedico Institute “Rizzoli” Bologna, Italy.  (1998).

- Course Problems of the Paediatric Hip. By the SICOT and the American Society of Fractures. Havana. (2001).

- I Latin American Course of TARGON (endomedular nails) by Aesculap Academia y B/Braun Medical SA, Bogota, Colombia. (2004). 

- Update in Spinal Surgery. Faculty of Medical Sciences of Havana. (2005).

- International Course of the Neuropáthic Pain at the XXI Century Medical Center, Mexico (2006). 

- Advanced Training Courses in Dynamic Fixation of the Spine and Total Disc replacement, at the National Institute of Rehabilitation, Mexico DF. (2006).

- Update in Spinal Surgery. Group Angels. Mexico DF. (2006).

- Course of Spinal Surgery Assisted by Images. National Institute of Rehabilitation, Mexico DF. (2007).  

Main Courses as Professor and Organizer: 

- Professor and Organizer of the Ist II, III, IV, V, VI and VII International Update Course and Workshop in Spinal Surgery, Central Clinic Cira García and Aesculap Academy. Havana. (2000-2007).

- Professor and Organizer of the National Quarterly Training Course in Spinal Surgery (Post Degree for Specialists in Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery). Central Clinic Cira García and Children Hospital William Soler. Havana. (from March of the 2005 to date)  

Main Scientific Events

- First Scientific Medical Teaching Day (Lecturer). Republic of Yemen (1991).

- Joint Scot-Sicot International Congress. Havana. (1989)

- VIII Latin American Congress of Laser Medicine and Surgery. Havana.  (1996).

- V, VII, VIII, IX Cuban Congress of Orthopaedic and Traumatology. Havana. (1987, 1994, 1996, 1997).

- International Meeting for Update in Prosthetic Surgery of the Hip. USL Modena, Italy. (1998).

- I Meeting for Update in Orthopaedic and Traumatology. Cento, Italy. (1998).

- I International Meeting of the A.R.T.O.F. (For Association the Rational Treatment of Fractures) (Bologna, Italy. June 1998).

- XIII Integrated Latin American Congress in Oncology (Lecturer). Havana. (1999).

- XIII Latin American Congress of Invasive Minimum Surgery. Havana. (1999).

- III Annual International Conference of the SICOT/SIROT (Lecturer). Havana. (2004).

- Post Course Congress in Scoliosis (Lecturer). III Annual International Conference of the SICOT/SIROT. Havana. (2004).

- International Hospitals Seminary. Control of Infections of Surgical Site (Lecturer) Havana. (2005).

- International Congress of the Spine Eduardo Luque in Memorian. (Invited Professor). Mexico (2007).

Publications

- Transpediculoforaminal Spinal Instrumentation. SILAC Bowl 3 Not 2. dic 1995. - Anesthesy for the surgical correction of severe scoliosis in a witness of Jehovah. Cuban magazine of Anestesiology and Reanimation 2003; 2 (3): 27-30 27.

- Surgical Treatment of the spinal injuries in patients with mieloma multiple disease. Cuban Rev Med 2003; 42 (4)

- Didactic Video Multiple Disectomía Previous Videotorascópica in the Scoliosis, recognized by its scientific value as Publication by the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (reg. 08515-8515). (2002).