Dr. Fernando Leon Sanchez M.D.
Orthopedist
1430 Tulane Ave Sl-32 New Orleans LA, 70112About
Dr. Fernando Sanchez is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Miami, FL. Dr. Sanchez specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Sanchez tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
Education and Training
Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud CES Medical School M.D.
Provider Details
Awards
- Professor of Orthopaedics 2018 Bette and Jack Kenneth Wickstrom
Treatments
- Total Joint Surgery
Professional Memberships
- President (Hispanic American Medical Association of Louisiana
- Member Engh Fellowship Society President
- Fellow AAOS
- Member AAHKS
- Member American Medical Association
- Member ICGR
- Member Southern Orthopaedic Association
- Member South American Knee and Hip Society
- Member Colombian Orthopeadic and Traumatologie Society
- Member Louisiana Orthopeadic Association
Fellowships
- Anderson Orthopaedics Research Institute Adult Reconstruction
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