Antonio Canales

José Antonio Canales-Nájera MD, MD

Specialties
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
Languages Spoken:
  • English
  • Spanish

Dr. Canales is an Orthopedic Surgeon at the Shriners Hospital for Children Mexico. He graduated as a medical surgeon from the Panamerican University.

He completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery, and his specialty in spines at the Hospital of Orthopedics and Traumatology Lomas Verdes, where he was in charge of the Scoliosis Department until 2015.

He is currently Head of the Department of Orthopedics at the ISEM General Hospital in Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico.

Dr. Canales was the president of the Mexican Association of Scoliosis from 2015 to 2016, and member of the Mexican Council of Orthopedics, the Mexican Association of Spine Surgery and the Mexican College of Orthopedics.

Pediatric Care

Specialties

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Board Certifications
  • Consejo Mexicano de Ortopedia (Mexican Board Council), Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery - General
Education and Training

Internship
Centro Médico Dalinde
Mexico City, DF
Mexico
7/1/2005

Medical Education
Universidad Panamericana
Mexico City, DF
7/1/2006

Residency
IMSS - Hospital General Traumatología Lomas Verdes
México, Edomex
Mexico
3/1/2011

Fellowship
IMSS - Hospital General Traumatología Lomas Verdes
México, Edomex
Mexico
2/28/2012

Academic Positions and Locations

UNAM (National University of Mexico)
Professor

Leadership and Memberships
  • 2013-2015: Jefe del departamento de escoliosis en el hospital de ortopedia y traumatología Lomas Verdes
  • 2015-2016 Presidente de la Asociación Mexicana de Escoliosis
  • 2019- a la fecha: Jefe del departamento de ortopedia en el Hospital General ISEM en Ixtapan de la Sal, Edo. de México.

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