World-class orthopedics in the Caribbean: Hospital Serena del Mar and HSS create a strategic alliance, the first in Latin America.

The Hospital Serena del Mar, operated by the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, consolidated the strategic alliance with the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) of New York, ranked number one in Orthopedics for 11 consecutive years in the United States and number 4 in Rheumatology according to
U.S. News & World Report (2020-2021).

This is the first strategic collaboration of its kind for HSS in Latin America, which provides continuing medical education to medical professionals in 145 countries, the largest academic medical center specializing in musculoskeletal health, and leads the field in research, innovation and education, as well as in patient care.

This strategic and collaborative alliance with the HSS  will facilitate the cross-sectional exchange of knowledge in multiple processes of the Hospital and will provide opportunities for continuing education and academic referencing to strengthen the care model, whose main objective is to work together to build results that exceed expectations. expectations of patients and their families.

In this way, the Hospital Serena del Mar continues to work to guarantee safe medical care with the highest levels of quality.

Now, the Caribbean region offers the country and the world, through services related to orthopedics, traumatology and musculoskeletal rehabilitation, the best practices that will allow for superior clinical outcomes, with the guarantee seal of the Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation (FSFB). and the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) which is undoubtedly one more step in the consolidation of the Serena del Mar Hospital in Cartagena.

In this regard, the Hospital's medical director, Dr. Lucía Taboada, stated that “This alliance will strengthen our care model, specifically in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology; At present, the clinical practice protocols of the Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation have been incorporated, which has Clinical Care Centers specialized in orthopedics certified by the Joint Commission International (JCI); The alliance and exchange of knowledge with the HSS will allow collaborative work and referencing with the purpose of building together the best practices that result in the generation of superior clinical results that exceed the expectations of our patients and their families”.

The Department of Orthopedics of the Hospital Serena del Mar has the following services: sports injury and trauma care, joint replacements, children's orthopedics, spinal surgery, trauma and pelvis surgery, and specialties in shoulder and elbow, hand and microsurgery, hip, knee, foot and ankle and oncology orthopedics.

The Hospital Serena del Mar continues to write its history

The Hospital Serena del Mar is a highly complex hospital, which provides comprehensive medical care, centered on the person, with the highest ethical, scientific and technological quality, located at Km 8, Vía al Mar in Cartagena.

The Hospital Serena del Mar is operated by the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, a leading institution in the health sector, certified and accredited nationally and internationally, in the provision of services with the highest quality, committed to the training of health professionals. health and well-being of individuals and communities.

The Hospital Serena del Mar has medium and high complexity services ensuring comprehensive health care for the patient and their family: Specialized Outpatient Consultation, Executive Check-up, Diagnostic Imaging (X-rays, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, mammography, densitometry, tomography, MRI magnetic), Clinical Laboratory and Pathology, Cardiology, Endoscopy, Nuclear Medicine (PET/CT, scintigraphy, among others), hemodynamics and interventionism and the Cancer Institute with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and palliative care services; Pediatric and adult hospitalization, pediatric and adult Intensive Care, Obstetric Unit, Surgery and 24-hour Emergencies.