Dr. Javier del Vecchio

Particularly interested in percutaneous surgery (MIS, minimally invasive surgery) of the foot, and in arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the ankle and foot. He also has experience in limb salvage surgery, and is interested in operating-room efficiency, microeconomic analysis and healthcare management.

Since January 2025 he has worked in the Foot and Ankle Unit of Move’s Specialised Traumatology Team in Tres Torres, Barcelona. Since September 2025 he has been an associate professor at the Universitat de Barcelona.

A specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology, he operates on the foot and ankle with percutaneous, arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery.

He has published numerous scientific papers in international indexed journals. He has extensive teaching experience and is a regular speaker and instructor at international congresses and courses.

Experience

2025–present

Foot and Ankle Unit, Specialised Traumatology TeamMove, Tres Torres, Barcelona

2026–present

Foot and ankle surgery, part-timeClínica Salus Infirmorum, Girona

2025–present

Associate professor, part-timeUniversitat de Barcelona

2025–present

Physician, part-timeFundació Hospital d’Olot i Comarcal de la Garrotxa

2024–2026

PresidentMIFAS by GRECMIP

2008–2024

Head of the Foot and Ankle SectionFundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires

2016–2024

Director of the fellowship in foot and ankle surgery and limb salvageFundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires

2014–2024

Head of Practical Work (Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos), Department of Kinesiology and PhysiatryUniversidad Favaloro, Buenos Aires

2015–2018

Head of the Surgical Department and Head of the Surgical FloorFundación Favaloro, Buenos Aires

2005–2015

Staff physician, foot and ankle sectionHospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires

2007–2013

Orthopaedics and traumatologyInstituto de investigaciones metabólicas, Buenos Aires

Scientific societies

• Past president of MIFAS by GRECMIP (Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Society), president from July 2024 to May 2026. GRECMIP: Groupe de Recherche et d’Etude en Chirurgie Mini-Invasive du Pied
• Scientific Secretary and accredited specialist, SAMECIPP (Argentine Society of Foot and Leg Surgery and Medicine)
• Associate member of EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society), since 2015
• Full member of AAOT (Argentine Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
• International member of AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society), since 2018

Awards

2013

SAMECIPP Annual Award for best scientific paperOsteosíntesis mini-invasiva con placas bloqueadas en fracturas metafisarias distales de tibia. Resultados clínico-funcionales (minimally invasive osteosynthesis with locked plates in distal metaphyseal tibial fractures: clinical and functional results). 50th Argentine Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Buenos Aires.

2011

SAMECIPP Annual Award for best scientific paperLesiones osteocondrales astragalinas. Tratamiento con aloinjerto fresco congelado (osteochondral lesions of the talus: treatment with fresh frozen allograft). 48th Argentine Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Buenos Aires.

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