Dr. Luís Machado

Orthopedic and Knee Surgeon

Dr. Luís Machado

Orthopedic and Knee Surgeon

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Biography

Order of Physicians no. 52572

Areas of interest:

Knee surgery, meniscus injuries (sutures and meniscus transplants), cartilage injuries (mosaicoplasties and cartilage autografts), ligament injuries (anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate, collateral ligaments and complex ligament injuries), patella dislocation (trochleoplasty and reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament), knee arthritis (primary and revision total replacement; unicompartmental medial, lateral and femoro-patellar replacement), conservative knee surgery (osteotomies of the femur and tibia), arthroscopy, sports traumatology, knee fractures (femur, tibia and patella).

Training:

  • Degree in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 2010
  • Specialist Degree in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2019
  • Postgraduate course in Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 2014
  • Fellowship in Knee Surgery, Lyon School of Knee Surgery, 2015
  • Basic and advanced musculoskeletal ultrasound course, 2016
  • Advanced cadaver course in knee surgery (ESSKA), York, 2016
  • Advanced cadaver course in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ESSKA), Munich, 2017
  • ESSKA Sports Medicine Fellowship, 2018
  • Fellowship in arthroscopic knee surgery at the Catalan Institute of Traumatology and Sports Medicine (ICATME), Barcelona, 2018
  • Complex Ligament Injuries cadaver surgery course, Watford, 2019
  • Fellowship in Conservative Knee Surgery at Gelenkchirurgie - Orthopädie, Hannover (GO:h), 2019
  • Healthcare Management Program, Catholic University of Portugal, 2021
  • Advanced Cadaver Course in Meniscal Surgery (ESSKA), Watford, 2021
  • ESSKA Knee Osteotomy Travelling Fellowship, 2022
  • Advanced Cadaver Course in Knee Arthroplasty Revision (ESSKA), Verona, 2023
  • European Certification (ESSKA) in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery
  • European Certification (ESSKA) in Reconstruction Surgery for Multiligament Knee Injuries
  • European Certification (ESSKA) in Knee Osteotomies
  • European Certification (ESSKA) in partial and total Knee Arthroplasty
  • Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Course, Krakow, 2024
  • Robotic Knee Surgery Course, Watford, April 2025

Professional Career Summary:

  • Orthopedist dedicated to Knee Pathology at Centro Hospitalar de São Francisco, Grupo SANFIL, Leiria (since 2019)
  • Orthopedist at the Local Health Unit of Leiria, Coordinator of the Knee Pathology Unit (since 2023)
  • Coordinator of the Leiria Local Health Unit, Knee Unit (since 2024)
  • Orthopedist at Hospital da Luz - Knee Unit (since 2024)

Scientific and training activities:

  • 11 publications in scientific journals, 9 international and 2 national
  • 40 communications at congresses, including 15 at international congresses
  • 30 other papers at international or national congresses or meetings
  • 6 times speaker and/or moderator at international or national events
  • Co-author of the chapter “Blood Loss in Total Knee Arthroplasty”, Book “From Gonarthrosis to Total Knee Arthroplasty”, Lidel
  • Co-supervisor of the Integrated Master's Thesis in Medicine on “Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: all-inside technique versus conventional technique”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
  • Organizer of the Knee Travelling Fellowship of the European Federation of Orthopaedic Interns in 2022 and 2024

Languages

  • Portuguese, English
Dr. Luís Machado​

Testimonials

The serious fracture (Fracture of the lateral condyle) was operated on by Dr. Luis Machado, a delicate operation that turned out better than expected.
I am very grateful to him, because thanks to his professionalism, today, after a lot of physiotherapy, I can walk without any apparent limitation and without pain.

Bruno Sousa

Thank you very much for your professionalism and good work.
I'm much better, more active and with a better quality of life. I hadn't run for over 20 years and now I'm gradually able to alternate running with walking. I don't give it a break on the stationary bike.

João Alves

I would like to thank Dr. Luís Machado for everything he has done for me. After a lot of physiotherapy and willpower, after a year of work I was medically discharged without any physical limitations.
I have returned to competitions and am even taking my sports course in physical condition and health, without any limitations.
Thank you Dr. Luís Machado, for everything and never giving up on me, thanks to you I can go about my normal life.

Raquel Gonçalves