Dr. Pablo Wagner Hitschfeld
Orthopedic Surgeon & Limb Lengthening Specialist
M.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2009, highest distinction); Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2012, highest distinction, best of generation); Subspecialty in Ankle and Foot, Clínica Alemana de Santiago (2012–2013); Subspecialty Fellowship in Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction (adult and pediatric), International Center for Limb Lengthening, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, under Dr. John E. Herzenberg (2013–2014); Medical License #34471; ORCID 0000-0003-4896-4434; Member: SCHOT (Chilean Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), AOFAS (American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society), LLRS (Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society), FLAMECIPP (Latin American Society of Leg and Foot Medicine and Surgery)
Clínica Alemana de Santiago — Santiago, Chile · Active at Clínica Alemana since 2012; fellowship-trained in limb lengthening 2013–2014 experience
Background
Pablo Wagner Hitschfeld is the surgeon in South America with the most documented experience in the PRECICE intramedullary nail system, having performed the first PRECICE procedure at Clínica Alemana in January 2017 — simultaneously one of the first such operations in Latin America. He trained at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with highest distinction, followed by ankle/foot subspecialty training in Chile, Spain, and Switzerland, and a fellowship in limb lengthening and reconstruction under Dr. John Herzenberg at the International Center for Limb Lengthening (Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland). He has held a staff position at Clínica Alemana de Santiago since 2012 and holds an academic appointment at the Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana — Universidad del Desarrollo. He developed the PROMO® bunion correction technique, which is used internationally.
Peer-reviewed research
- PRECICE magnetically-driven, telescopic, intramedullary lengthening nail: pre-clinical testing and first 30 patients — SICOT-J, 2017
- Proximal Rotational Metatarsal Osteotomy for Hallux Valgus (PROMO): Short-term Prospective Case Series With a Novel Technique and Topic Review (Republication) — Foot Ankle Orthop, 2023
- Angle to Be Corrected in Preoperative Evaluation for Hallux Valgus Surgery — Foot & Ankle International, 2016
Methods practised
Procedures performed
- ●PRECICE 2
- ●LON
- ●Ilizarov
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