Augusto Sarmiento Rosillo
Augusto Sarmiento Rosillo (* 1927 in Bucaramanga , Colombia ) is a Colombian trauma surgeon and orthopedic surgeon .
He is the first Colombian to be elected President of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and one of the first surgeons to perform hip replacement surgery in the United States. He is the inventor of the Sarmiento plaster (also called brace), used for the conservative treatment of humeral shaft fractures . Sarmiento has also served as Medical Director of the University of Miami Orthopedic School , Head of Orthopedic Rehabilitation at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and Director of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedics at Health Care International in Scotland. Rosillo has received numerous American and international awards.
Publications (selection)
- with LL Latta: Closed functional treatment of fractures Springer, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-540-10384-8 ; 2nd edition under the title Functional Fracture Bracing. 2nd edition, Springer, Berlin a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-540-55356-8 .
- German: Non-operative functional fracture treatment . Springer, Berlin a. a. 1984, ISBN 3-540-13189-2 .
- Orthopedics. Seeking a balance . Jaypee Brothers Medical Publications, New Delhi 2012, ISBN 978-93-5025-280-2 .
Web links
- Biography Augusto Sarmiento Rosillo on La web de las Biografias
- Pioneer: Augusto Sarmiento, MD in Orthopedics Today , November 2014
- Publications by Augusto Sarmiento in the National Library of Medicine
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sarmiento Rosillo, Augusto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian trauma surgeon and orthopedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucaramanga , Colombia |