IBTS Fellowship 2019 – 2020

Dr. Felipe Bessa

Dr. Felipe Bessa is an orthopedic surgeon from Brazil and has been in practice in his country for four years. He completed his Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology and a fellowship in Hip Surgery at University of São Paulo, the largest university in South America. After being awarded the Jorge Paulo Lemann Mentored Scientific Award 2019, he is now part of the RUSH-IBTS international fellowship, focused in hip preservation and reconstruction research, under the supervision of Dr. Jorge Chahla.Dr. Felipe Bessa Dr. Felipe Bessa is an orthopedic surgeon from Brazil and has been in practice in his country for four years. He completed his Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology and a fellowship in Hip Surgery at University of São Paulo, the largest university in South America. After being awarded the Jorge Paulo Lemann Mentored Scientific Award 2019, he is now part of the RUSH-IBTS international fellowship, focused in hip preservation and reconstruction research, under the supervision of Dr. Jorge Chahla.

Dr. Flavio L. Garcia

Dr. Flavio L. Garcia is an orthopedic surgeon from the Department of Biomechanics, Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Locomotor System, Ribeirão Preto Medical School (University of São Paulo, Brazil), with a practice emphasis in adult hip surgery. He is a member of the Brazilian Hip Society, Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, and has received grants from the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Instituto Brasil de Tecnologias da Saúde (IBTS). He has authored 27 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and 6 book chapters. He is currently an International Research Scholar at Midwest Orthopedics at Rush (MOR) and International Research Fellow of Instituto Brasil de Tecnologias da Saúde (IBTS).His research interests include primary and revision total hip replacement, hip preservation surgery, and orthobiologics.