The investigator José Casanova graduated in Medicine in 1981 and completed his PhD in Medicine in 2000 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. José Casanova became a specialist in Orthopedics in 1994. Since then, he has more than 35 years of clinical practice at the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. From this experience, he has participated in more than 7000 surgeries, including oncologic and non-oncologic surgeries of different body segments. His scientific area of surgical expertise is in Orthopedic Oncology, performing demanding surgical resections and reconstructions, and pioneering our country in surgical techniques. Due to this experience, he has been invited to perform and demonstrate or to teach surgical techniques at several hospitals, in the country and abroad. He is the holder of a Fellowship in Orthopedic Oncology at the University of Florida.
The investigator José Casanova graduated in Medicine in 1981 and completed his PhD in Medicine in 2000 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. José Casanova became a specialist in Orthopedics in 1994. Since then, he has more than 35 years of clinical practice at the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. From this experience, he has participated in more than 7000 surgeries, including oncologic and non-oncologic surgeries of different body segments. His scientific area of surgical expertise is in Orthopedic Oncology, performing demanding surgical resections and reconstructions, and pioneering our country in surgical techniques. Due to this experience, he has been invited to perform and demonstrate or to teach surgical techniques at several hospitals, in the country and abroad. He is the holder of a Fellowship in Orthopedic Oncology at the University of Florida.