School of Medicine - Department of Surgery
Mónica Alexandra
RAMÍREZ BLANCO
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CONTACT
Information
marambla@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
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GENERAL
Biography
Dr. Mónica Alexandra Ramírez, Plastic Surgeon, subspecialist in hand surgery, has extensive training in the management of various upper limb pathologies, she is passionate about teaching, reconstructive surgery, constant training, languages and traveling.
She has been trained in different parts of the world consolidating strong relationships with his peers, exchanging training and experiences, she has been a lecturer in multiple international and national congresses and has participated with research works that have achieved great recognition, she has been part of the selection committee for Colfuturo fellows, she has directed several degree theses that have achieved maximum recognition of laureate thesis, She has also been a member of the jury for the Bachelor’s Degree Thesis in her specialty.
She has a great sense of social responsibility, being part of the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Medical Mission for several decades, in which, together with a group of North American specialists, they provide reconstructive surgical management to pediatric patients and less favored adults in the Colombian Northeast. She is currently an undergraduate and graduate professor in the Department of Surgery at Universidad Industrial de Santander, Coordinator of Hand Surgery at Hospital Internacional de Colombia.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Subspecialist in Surgical Leadership
Harvard Medical School, 2022
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Specialist in University Teaching Specialist in University Teaching
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2020
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Subspecialist in Hand Surgery
Heinrich- Heine Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, 2018
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Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2017
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Physician and Surgeon
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2002
CONTACT
Information
marambla@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2944
AREAS OF
Expertise
- Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
- Hand Surgery
- Congenital Hand
- Benign and malignant tumors of the upper limb
- Peripheral nerve
- Hand trauma
- Burns
- Upper limb reconstructive surgery
- Ophidian accident in
Upper limbs - Microsurgery
- Brachial Plejo
- Tetraplegia
- Surgical Leadership
OFFICE
Hours
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Monday to friday
7:00 a.m. – 12 m.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Departamento de
Cirugía UIS.
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Outstanding
Works
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Dye-Perfused Human Placenta for simulation in a Microsurgery Laboratory for Plastic Surgeons
Article, Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2023
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Anatomical and histomorphological study of nerve transfers for the management of high ulnar nerve lesions
Article, Rev Col Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva, 2023
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The Posterior Interosseous Nerve at the Proximal Forearm. Anatomical Study and Clinical Correlation
Article, Int. J. Morphol, 2023
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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First Place. E-poster contest. Application of a Validation Scale for the Use of the Placenta as a Dynamic Flow Model for Microsurgery Training
VIII Congreso de Cirugía Plástica. Posgrado de Cirugía Plástica, Estética y Reconstructiva. Universidad Industrial de Santander. Bucaramanga, Septiembre 2-3, 2022.
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Thesis Director Dr. Daniel Ballesteros Larrotta: "Histomorphometry of the branches of the anterior interosseous nerve (ANI) and the posterior interosseous nerve (NIP) applied in nerve transfers for the management of high lesions of the ulnar nerve (NU)"
Especialización en Cirugía Plástica: Reconstructiva y Estética. (2019- 2023)
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International Observership scholarship
Sociedad Canadiense de Cirugía Plástica, Montreal, Canadá, 2019