School of Medicine - Department of Surgery
Orlando
NAVAS QUINTERO
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Internship Coordinator Department of Surgery
CONTACT
Information
ornaquin@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension:
2944
GENERAL
Biography
Doctor and Surgeon specialized in General Surgery, with 25 years of experience in emergency care and trauma at Hospital Universitario de Santander.
Professor of General Surgery in the subject of General Surgery and trauma of the medicine program of Universidad Industrial de Santander.
EDUCATION AND
Qualifications
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Specialist in General Surgery
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 1997
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University Teaching Specialist
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2006
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Physician and Surgeon
Universidad Industrial de Santander, 1987
Internship Coordinator Department of Surgery
CONTACT
Information
ornaquin@uis.edu.co
+57 (607) 634 4000
Extension:
2944
AREAS OF
Expertise
- General Surgery
- Trauma
OFFICE
Hours
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Thursday
8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
E.S.E. Hospital Universitario de Santander, Departamento de Cirugía UIS, piso 8
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Outstanding
Works
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Systematic review and meta – analysis of risk factors for Mesh infection following Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair Surgery
Article, The American Journal of Surgery 224, 2022
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Subtotal Gastrectomy vs Gastroenterostomy in Duodenal Obstruction Secondary to Peptic Ulcer Disease: Results of a Retrospective Nationwide Study
Article, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2021
AWARDS AND
Recognitions
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Leadership in the Presidency
Red Colombiana de Posgrados, 2023
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Elsevier sponsored Poster Presentation Award from the South America region
at the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress, 2019
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Associate Laureate Professor
Universidad Industrial de Santander