FELLOW:

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery

 

DIPLOMATE:

American board of Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Forensic Medicine

 

MEMBER:

North American Spine Society, Southern Orthopaedic Association, American College of Forensic Examiners, Texas Orthopaedic Association, Texas Medical Association, American Medical Association

CURRICULUM VITAE
JORGE E. TIJMES, M.D.

PRE-MEDICAL:

University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, S.A.

 

MEDICAL:

University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, S.A.

 

DEGREE:

Medical Doctor

 

DATE OF GRADUATION:

May 8, 1968

 

INTERNSHIP:

Postgraduate School of Medicine, University of Chile in Orthopaedic Surgery from July 1968 through July 1970

 

HOSPITAL PRACTICE:

Chief of Orthopaedic Section Regional Hospital, Puerto Montt, July 1970 through March 1973

 

RESIDENCY:

Baylor College of Medicine in Orthopaedic Surgery Program, July 1973 through July 1977

 

PRIVATE PRACTICE:

Affiliated to Del Oro Orthopaedics with Page Nelson, M.D. in Houston, TX, July 1977 to February 1979

 

SOLO PRACTICE:

South West Memorial Hospital, 7777 Southwest Freeway, #544 Houston, TX 77074

Plainview, TX, January 1, 1991 through March 31, 1997. In McAllen, TX, since July 8, 1991

Southern Bone & Joint Center Associates, practice dedicated to spine injuries and general orthopaedics. 1991 to Present

 

FACULTY AT UNIVERSITIES:

Clinical Instructor at Baylor College of Medicine; 1977 - 1983

Assistant Professor in Orthopaedics at University of Concepcion, Chile, S.A.; 1989 and 1990

 

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

American Board of Independent Medical Examiners

 

MEDICAL SOCIETIES (Past and Present):

Medical Society of Chile, 1968

Chilean Orthopaedic Society; 1973, with thesis, The Operation of Girdlestone and its Biomechanics

American College of Emergency Physicians, 1976

Harris County Medical Society, 1976

Latin American Orthopaedic Society SLAOT, 1978

Southern Medical Association, 1984

Southern Orthopaedic Association, 1984

International College of Surgeons, 1981

Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery AAOS, 1994

Texas Medical Association

Texas Orthopaedic Association

North American Spine Society

Member American College of Forensic Examiners, 1998

Member American College of Spine Surgery, 2000

 

PUBLICATIONS:

"Hip Dysplasia in the Province of Llanquihue", Journal of Pediatrics, September, 1972, Santiago de Chile

"Girdlestone Operations and its Biomechanics", Orthopaedic Journal, 1974, Santiago de Chile

"Arthography in Acute Shoulder Dislocations", South Medical Journal, May 1979, J.E. Tijmes, M.D., H.S. Tullos, M.D., R. Lloyd, M.D.

 

PAPER PRESENTATION:

"Comparative study of "vibramicin" and other antibiotics in osteomyelitis", read at Surgery Meeting in Cuyo, Argentina, July 1970

"Hip Dysplasia in the Province of Llanquihue", Surgical Pediatric Meeting in Punta Arenas, 1972

"Supracondylar Fractures", Panel at Baylor College of Medicine, 1976

"Spine Fractures and its Treatment", First Chilean-German Orthopaedic Meeting, 1978, Santiago de Chile, Chile

"Arthography in Acute Shoulder Dislocations", First Chilean-Spanish Orthopaedic Meeting, 1979, Vina Del Mar, Chile

Use of External Fixators in Complicated Trauma of the Upper Extremity", Panel of Hand Surgery in XIV Surgical Meeting, 1981, Pucon, Chile

"Cat scans in the Diagnosis of Lumbar Pathology", XII SLAOT Meeting, 1983, Chile

"Internal Fixation with Hip Compression Screw in Hip Fractures", First Chilean-Canadian Orthopaedic Meeting, 1984, Vina Del Mar, Chile

"Lumbar Disc Herniation", XIII Meeting of the Chilean Orthopaedic Society, November, 1989

 

EXAMINATIONS:

ECFMG, 1972, #172 729 6

Texas State Medical Examination, 1975 E3784

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1979, OSAE; 1984 and 1987

American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME)

Approved Doctors List Texas Workers' Compensation Commission

 

SPECIALTY:

Certificate of Postgraduate School, University of Chile, 1970

 

CERTIFICATE:

Diplomate of American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

 

HONORS:

Houston Surgical Society Award, 1976