Specialist physician in shoulder diagnosis and surgery
Orthopaedic surgeon and traumatologist with a PhD in Physics Applied to Traumatology and an international subspecialty in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery. Over 15 years of practice across Spain, the United Kingdom and Australia.
His focus is the comprehensive management of shoulder disorders: treatments that avoid surgery, sports injuries, dislocations, arthritis, minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, joint replacement and tendon pathology. The principle is always the one he learned in the British NHS and in Sydney: exhaust the conservative route and operate only when operating beats not operating.
He is the only orthopaedic surgeon in Spain to hold the official shoulder surgery specialist certificate awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
He also holds an active medical licence as a Consultant in England.
United Kingdom
7544432
Active licence as Consultant
Spain
36/08/46635
Australia
MED0002120123
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo
Vigo, Spain
Specialist training through the Spanish MIR programme, accredited by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
Northumbria NHS Trust
Northumbria, United Kingdom
Northumbria NHS Trust
Northumbria, United Kingdom
International Doctoral School, University of Vigo
Vigo, Spain
Grade: Outstanding Cum Laude. Research on the effect of metals used in orthopaedic surgery on bacterial growth.
South Tees NHS Foundation Trust
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Subspecialist certification awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons. Director: Dr. Amar Rangan, President of the British Elbow & Shoulder Society.
St George University Hospital
Sydney, Australia
One of Australia's most prestigious sports medicine centres. Training alongside Dr. George Murrell, with clinical work involving elite athletes and complex shoulder surgery.
Medical centres in Tenerife
Tenerife, Spain
Shoulder consultation and surgery in Tenerife, alongside ongoing research activity.
The PhD in Applied Physics is not an academic ornament: it is what allows him to understand joint biomechanics and implant behaviour in depth, including their role in periprosthetic infection.
Thesis title
«Thermodynamic Study of Bacterial Growth under the Effect of Metals Used in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology»
President of the British Elbow & Shoulder Society (BESS)
South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Director of his shoulder and elbow subspecialty training, and chief investigator on some of the largest global trials in shoulder pathology, including the PROPHER Trial and UK FROST.
View the societyDirector of the Orthopaedic Research Institute
St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
An internationally recognised orthopaedic surgeon known for his volume of shoulder replacement surgery and for pioneering complex arthroscopic techniques, including reconstruction of massive irreparable rotator cuff tears.
4 as first author and 5 with a DOI, across shoulder and elbow surgery journals and applied physics of orthopaedic implants.
His articles on PubMedHackett L, Aveledo R, Murrell O, Lam P, Murrell G
Shoulder & Elbow · 2020;12(1):18–23
Ibrahim D, Aveledo R, Lam P, Murrell G
Shoulder & Elbow · 2020 Jul;12(3):184–192
Aveledo R, Murrell O, Lam P, Ibrahim D, Murrell G
Techniques in Shoulder & Elbow Surgery · Volume 20, Number 2, June 2019, pp. 47–50
Aveledo R, Holland P, Thomas M, Rangan A
Shoulder & Elbow · 2019 Jul;11(2 Suppl):48–55
Aveledo R, Vazquez C, Iglesias T, Lago N, Mato M, Legido J
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry · 2018;133(1):773–777
Vazquez C, Aveledo R, Iglesias T, Lago N, Mato M, Legido JL
Thermodynamics Specialised Group of the Royal Spanish Societies of Physics and Chemistry · Vol. 8, 2017, pp. 261–275
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Clinical case book of the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT)
Presented in Australia, the United Kingdom, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Spain. 2 of them received an award.
Acromioclavicular joint dislocations. Current global management
Sydney · Australia
Antibacterial effect of Titanium tetrachloride measured by microcalorimetry. Potential implications in biomedical implants
Prague · Czech Republic
Study of Bacteria Sensitivity of Zinc Sulfate Solutions by Microcalorimetry
Budapest · Hungary
Comparison of the Minimum Data Sets for Primary Shoulder Arthroplasty Between National Shoulder Arthroplasty Registries. Is International Harmonisation Feasible?
Vienna · Austria
Complex cases in shoulder arthroplasty
Middlesbrough · United Kingdom
Current state of prosthetic shoulder surgery
Gran Canaria · Spain
Novel Methods for Diagnosis and Therapy in Biomedicine
Vigo · Spain
Reconstruction of an irreparable rotator cuff using an interpositional synthetic patch
Tenerife · Spain
Comparison of bacterial heat transfer under exposure to solutions with Cobalt and Titanium. Potential implications in Orthopaedic Surgery
Vigo · Spain
Use of microcalorimetric techniques to study bacterial sensitivity in copper sulfate solutions
Huelva · Spain
Microcalorimetric Study of Bacterial Sensitivity to Ferric Nitrate. Potential implications in Orthopaedic Surgery
Santiago de Compostela · Spain
The role of dual mobility in prosthetic hip surgery
Madrid · Spain
Gouty arthropathy. First consultation, a challenge
Madrid · Spain
Spondylopelvic dissociation in high-energy trauma
Vigo · Spain
Metallic implants with higher concentrations of manganese than Titanium and Cobalt could reduce infection rates in Orthopaedic Surgery
Management of complex elbow fractures
Asturias · Spain
Arthroplasty as an alternative to osteosynthesis in complex extracapsular fractures in the elderly. Retrospective case series analysis and literature review
Pontevedra · Spain
Shoulder Diagnosis and Surgery Specialist
Presented at a gala held at the Hotel Westin Palace in Madrid, bringing together some of the most distinguished medical professionals in Spain.
Highest grade awarded at the doctoral thesis defence.
For the comparative study of national shoulder arthroplasty registries. Vienna, Austria.
For the work on arthroplasty as an alternative to osteosynthesis in complex extracapsular fractures in the elderly. Pontevedra.
Beyond operating, Dr. Aveledo remains active in medical research: he is an examiner of undergraduate projects at the University of Sydney and takes part in other projects advancing the science of his specialty.
Remote examiner of undergraduate Medicine projects
University of Sydney, Australia
Projects assessed in 2020: "A biomechanical comparison of 2 rotator cuff repair techniques with PTFE interpositional graft" and "Distal upper limb paraesthesias and shoulder disorders".
Reviewer since 2017
Injury — International Journal of the Care of the Injured
Peer review of scientific manuscripts in traumatology.
Clinical collaborator
United Kingdom Frozen Shoulder Trial
British multicentre clinical trial on the treatment of frozen shoulder, one of the reference studies worldwide in this condition.
Involvement alongside Dr. Amar Rangan
International trial on proximal humerus fractures
One of the major global research projects in shoulder pathology led by his subspecialty director.
Continuous attendance at national and international courses and congresses, including annual participation in the British Elbow & Shoulder Society congress. He has also completed a range of cadaveric dissection and surgical simulation courses.
Deformity & Reconstruction After Trauma (DRAT)
Reconstruction and correction of post-traumatic deformity.
AO Trauma Advanced Course
Advanced training in osteosynthesis from the AO Foundation.
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
American College of Surgeons certification in the management of the polytrauma patient.
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Subspecialist certification in shoulder and elbow surgery.
British Elbow & Shoulder Society (BESS)
Annual participation in its congress since his time in the United Kingdom.
National Health Service (NHS)
Clinical experience and active medical licence as a Consultant in England.
Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT)
Published clinical cases in the society's specialty book.
Canary Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
Speaker at its regional congress.
Canary Islands Upper Limb Club
Speaker at its annual meeting.
All of this background serves one purpose: getting your diagnosis right, and not operating on you if it is not needed.