Dr. Diego Valdez

Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon (Argentina-Spain)

Dr. Diego Valdez is an Orthopedic surgeon. Internationally recognized shoulder and sports medicine specialist with more than 17 years of experience and more than 4500 surgical procedures performed.

Dr Diego used to lead the Shoulder and Arthroscopy department at a Level 1 University Hospital for more than 6 years and became an Associate University professor for Rovira I Virgili University.

Member of multiple shoulder scientific societies, recently Certified as a European Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon by SECEC, he is performing the latest arthroscopic surgical techniques for treating the most common shoulder problems including rotator cuff tears and shoulder dislocation or for complex cases including tendon transfers and biological augmentation using collagen patches.

Extensive experience in Shoulder Replacement for primary as well as revision complex cases using the latest A.I. tools with Computer Assisted Navigation software to achieve the best clinical results.

For more than 10 years he treated young athletes as a Sports Medicine surgeon for Catalan Sports Federation including football, basketball and volleyball players with excellent clinical results and high return to sports index.

Education and training:

SECEC CERTIFICATION (European Shoulder and Elbow Certified Surgeon)
Associate professor for Spanish and International Cadaveric courses
International Shoulder education Professor
Spanish Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship in Orthopedics and Trauma surgery, Hautepierre University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Special Mention at Luis Munera final residency assessment
Orthopedic surgery residency program, Hospital Universitario Joan XXIII, Spain

Key Positions:

Head of Shoulder and Arthroscopy department – Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, Spain
Sports Medicine surgeon for Catalan Sports Federation, Spain
University Associate Professor, Rovira I Virgili University, Spain
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon – Shoulder and Knee - Royal Health Group, UAE

Scientific Societies:

Instructional training:

32nd SECEC Congress (European Society for Shoulder and Elbow surgery) Barcelona, 2026
31st SECEC Congress (European Society for Shoulder and Elbow surgery) Rotterdam, 2025
2nd International Shoulder Experts Summit - S&N International Education - Istanbul, 2025
5th Dubai Shoulder Course (ASEA) Dubai, 2024
15th International Congress on Shoulder and Elbow surgery (International Board of Shoulder and Elbow surgery) Rome, 2023
30th SECEC Congress (European Society for Shoulder and Elbow surgery) Dublin, 2022
16th Congreso SECHC (Spanish Shoulder and Elbow surgery society) Malaga, 2022
9th Congreso AEA – SEROD (Spanish Arthroscopy Association) Murcia, 2022
29th SECEC Congress (European Society for Shoulder and Elbow surgery) Poznan, 2021
Encuentros con AEA (Spanish Arthroscopy Association) Madrid, 2020
BIAS (Barcelona International Arthro Shoulder) Barcelona, 2019
15th Congreso SECHC (Spanish Shoulder and Elbow surgery society) Barcelona, 2019

Research - Comunications

Fracturas de humero proximal en 3 y 4 fragmentos tratadas con placa PHILOS
M. Valdez, M.D. Villalba González, E. González Pedrouzo, J. Calmet García, I. Córcoles Martínez, R. Huguet Comelles. 49 Congreso de la S.E.C.O.T. Malaga, Spain
Indicaciones quirurgicas en Fracturas de humero proximal
M. Valdez. II Jornadas de Hospitals de Tarragona, Spain
Tractament de les fractures de tròquiter desplaçades amb osteosutures: tècnica de “closed book” i revisió de la literatura
Ferrando de Jorge, Albert; Valdez, Diego-Martín; Valdés Landeros, Valentín; Rodríguez Gangoso, Alfredo. Revista de Cirurgia Ortopedica i Traumatologia. Vol 17. 2020
Valoración de las lesiones humerales en Inestabiliidad G-H recurrente
M. Valdez. Congreso AEA – SEROD, Spain.
Influence of lateralized reverse shoulder prosthesis design on tuberosity union in proximal humerus fractures
Ferrando; D.M. Valdez; A. Rodriguez Gangoso. Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. Nov. 2022