Dr. Iria Carla Vázquez Vecilla

TRAUMATOLOGIST AND ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.
SPECIALIST IN SPINE SURGERY, ADULT AND ADOLESCENT SPINE DEFORMITY SURGERY, AND SPINAL FRACTURES. 

 

Dr. Iria Carla Vázquez Vecilla

After completing my training as an orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist, I have practiced as a specialist in spine surgery for the last ten years, with the opportunity to work and train with Dr. Sébastien Charosky in Toulouse, specializing in adult and adolescent spine deformity surgery. 

I am honored to be part of such an outstanding multidisciplinary and innovative medical team as the Instituto Clavel, and to be able to contribute with my experience in the field of spinal deformity. 

Experience

Spine surgeon, Instituto Clavel (2021–present) 

Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Spine Unit, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid (2017-present) 

Surgeon, Spine Unit, Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, Móstoles (2015-2019) 

Surgeon, Spine Unit, Hospital Universitario de Torrejón, Madrid (2012-2016) 

Surgeon, Trauma Unit, Hospital del Poniente, Almería (2011) 

Education

Master in Spinal Column Surgery. Universidad CEU (2020-2021) 

Master’s course in Clinical and Healthcare management. Universidad CEU (2019-2020) 

Clinical rotation in Spinal Deformity Surgery, with Dr. Sébastien Charosky, Centre Toulousain du Rachis, Toulouse, France (2016) 

Doctorate in Physiology and Sports Science, Universidad de León. Research credits satisfied: “Estudios musculares comparativos pre y post intervención de cirugía raquídea” [Comparative muscle studies before and after spinal surgery] (2009) 

Residency in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (2006-2011) 

Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (1999-2005) 

Languages

Spanish 

English 

Italian 

Galician 

French 

Portuguese 

Pathologies treated

ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY

ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS

DEGENERATIVE PATHOLOGY OF THE LUMBAR AND CERVICAL SPINE

VERTEBRAL FRACTURES

 

 

Other Academic, Scientific, and Professional activity

Memberships 

Full Member, GEER (Spanish Spine Society) 

Member, EUROSPINE (Spine Society of Europe) 

Scientific work 

Presentation: “Does Clinical Photography Influence Satisfaction with Surgery in Adult Patients Operated on Spinal Deformity?”. 54th Annual Meeting, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). Montréal (September 2019)  

Presentation: “Prevalence and characteristics of Scoliosis in Patients Operated for Pectus Excavatum: A Radiographic Study of 326 Patients”. 52nd Annual Meeting & Course, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS). Philadelphia (September 2017) 

IGASS Fellowship Grant (International Group for Advancement in Spinal Science) (2016) 

Intl. Orthopedic Fellowship (KLEOS) Belgium (2009) 

Teaching 

Tutor, Resident physicians in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe (2018-present) 

Professor, “Curso básico de Patología Vertebral Enrique Izquierdo” [Enrique Izquierdo Basic course in Spinal Pathology] III edition (León 2017) and IV edition (Madrid 2018) 

Associate Professor, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (2015) 

Professor, continuing education courses: “Repercusiones del deporte en el aparato locomotor” [Repercussions of sport on the musculoskeletal system],  and “Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la patología traumatológica más frecuente del aparato locomotor” [Diagnosis and treatment of the most common traumatological pathology of the musculoskeletal system]. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (2011) 

Publications

Deep Surgical site infection following thoracolumbar instrumented spinal surgery. The experience of 25 years. De al Hera B, Sánchez-Mariscal F, Gómez- Rice A, Vázquez Vecilla I, Zúñiga L, Ruano-Soriano E. Int J Spine Surg. 2021 Feb; 15 (1):144-152.  

Tension Pneumocephalus: a Case Report of a Rare Complication After Spinal Surgery. Diego García-García, Alejandro Gómez-Rice, Iria Vázquez-Vecilla, Mariano López-Franco. SN Compr. Clin. Med. (2021). 

Deep Surgical site infection following thoracolumbar instrumented spinal surgery. Ten years of experience. De la Hera B, Sánchez-Mariscal F, Gómez-Rice A, Ruano Soriano E, Vázquez-Vecilla I, Zúñiga L, Rubio-Quevedo R. Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol. 2019 Jul - Aug;63(4):300-306. 

Prevalence of Scoliosis in patients Operated for Pectus Excavatum. A Radiographic Study of 326 patients. Charosky, Sebastien; Vázquez Vecilla, Iria Carla; Upadhayay, Neil; Moreno, Bejamin; Moreno, Pierre. Abstract European Spine Journal (2018) 27; 2665-2690. 

Cauda Equina Syndrome: Case Reports and Literature Review. M.L. Suárez-Huerta, M. González-Murillo, I.C. Vázquez Vecilla. Global Spine Journal 2017, Vol. 7(2S)190S-373S. 

Generalidades de tumores óseos. [Generalities of bone tumors] Saldaña Díaz, A. Vázquez Vecilla, I.C. Arias Martín, F. Romero Diez, J. Ramos Pascua, L.R. En “Tumores e infecciones osteoarticulares”. 2010 INGECOT. ISBN: 978-84-613-7402-1. 

Tumores óseos del tobillo y pie. [Bone tumors of the ankle and foot] Ramos Pascua, L.R. Sánchez Herráez, S. Ortiz, E. Saldaña Díaz, A. Vázquez Vecilla, I.C. En “Tumores e infecciones osteoarticulares”. 2010 INGECOT. ISBN: 978-84-613-7402-1. 

Vértebra flotante lumbar por una lesión lítica. [Floating lumbar vertebra due to lytic lesion]  Vázquez Vecilla, I.C. Arias Martín, F. Ramos del Río, A. Vírseda García, L. Betegón Nicolás, J. Libro de casos clínicos en Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. No 10-2010. ISBN: 978-84-7989-618-8. 

 

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