Matias Sepulveda, MD

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology for Medical Practice. Professor and Director of the Paediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Residency at the Universidad Austral de Chile, at Valdivia, Chile. Currently medical staff at Hospital Base de Valdivia, Chile. Involved with AO Foundation, as AO Trauma Faculty for Latin America, and AO medical member of the Intramedullary Nailing Expert Group and the Lower Extremity Global Expert Committee. Past member of the AO Trauma Paediatric Expert Group. Past-President of the Paediatric Committee of the Sociedad Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatologia, 2023. Co-Director of COTI group, an organization involved in arranging paediatric orthopaedics and traumatology courses in Chile.

Dr. Sepuvelda has been awarded with the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)/Sociedad Latinoamericana de Ortopedia y Traumatología Infantil (SLAOTI) Traveling Fellowship (2014), the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) International Scholarship Award (2015) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons International Emerging Leader (2019).

Part 1. Generalities of Pediatric Trauma.- 1. Biology of Bone Repair in the Pediatric Patient.- 2. Traumatic Injuries of the Growth Plate.- 3. Non-Accidental Injuries.- 4. The Pediatric Patient with Multiple Injuries.- 5. Overuse Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Pediatric Patient.- 6. Principles of Conservative Treatment in the Pediatric Patient.- 7. Principles of Surgical Treatment in the Pediatric Patient.- 8. Open Fractures in the Pediatric Population.- Part 2. Upper Extremity Trauma.- 9. Clavicle Fracture.- 10. Proximal Humerus Fracture.- 11. Humeral Shaft Fracture.- 12. Lateral Humeral Condyle Fractures.- 13. Medial Epicondyle Fractures of the Humerus.- 14. Supracondylar Fracture of the Distal Humerus.- 15. Proximal radius fractures.- 16. Monteggia Fracture-Dislocation.- 17. Diaphyseal Fracture of the Radius and Ulna.- 18. Distal Radius Fracture.- 19. Fractures of the Phalanges of the Hands.- 20. Fingertip Injuries.- Part 3. Lower Extremity Trauma.- 21. Pelvic Injuries in the Pediatric Patient.- 22. Hip Fractures in Children and Adolescents.- 23. Fracture of the Femoral Shaft.- 24. Distal Femur Fractures.- 25. Tibial Eminence Fracture.- 26. Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Meniscal Injuries.- 27. Fracture of the Anterior Tuberosity of the Tibia.- 28. Proximal Tibia Fracture.- 29. Tibial Shaft Fracture.- 30. Ankle Fracture.- 31. Transitional Ankle Fractures.- 32. Traumatic Injuries of the Pediatric Foot.