Born in Colombia, Dr Ferreira completed his school-university studies and his orthopaedic training in Lyon. Pr H. DEJOUR and Pr J.P. CARRET were his mentors, exclusively in disorders of hip and knee joint. He has a specific interest in research and completed a biomechanics diploma in 1993 (about gait analysis). Working at “Clinique du PARC-LYON”, FRANCE, since 1996, he’s mostly interesting by hip and knee prosthesis and particularly by dual mobility, implant’s fixation, and biomechanics, main subjects of his works and publications. He is also Judicial Expert, near the Lyon Court of Appeal.
He is regularly invited to present at national and international conferences.
He’s actively involved in a number of international orthopedic societies (SOFCOT, AAOS, SICOT, EHS, ESSKA, AAHKS) and has undertaking responsibilities: ex-General Secretary of SFHG (French Society of Hip and Knee), ex French delegate of SICOT and EHS (European Hip Society). He’s working for Bone and Joint Journal, International Orthopaedics and OTSR as reviewer. Finally, he is Associate Member of French Surgery Academy.