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Dr. León Gonzalo Mora Herrera

MD — Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon; Founder & Director, CORA Group; Fellowship Director, Reconstructive Surgery

Graduated Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín (1996) · Orthopedic & Traumatology residency, UPB (1992–1996) · LLRS-NA corresponding member since 2002 · ASAMI-Colombia Vice-President (2007–2009) · AO Trauma Faculty since 2000 · EBJIS (European Bone and Joint Infection Society) · AAOS International member · SCCOT (Colombian Society of Orthopedics) · SLAFE (Latin American Society of External Fixation)

CORA Group, MedellínMedellín, Colombia · 38+ years (clinical practice since 1985); limb lengthening specialist since 1990s experience

Background

Dr. León Mora Herrera graduated from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín (1996) and has been in clinical practice since 1985, accumulating over 38 years of experience in complex orthopedic reconstruction, bone infection management, and limb lengthening. He was the first surgeon in Colombia to perform PRECICE intramedullary nail bone lengthening (February 2018) and has since implanted over 100 PRECICE devices. In July 2024 he co-launched Instituto Paley LatinoAmérica in Medellín in partnership with world-renowned Dr. Dror Paley — the Paley Institute's first Latin American site — bringing the highest-tier deformity correction protocols to Colombia. He directs a fellowship in Reconstructive Surgery at CORA Group and has contributed over 50 international conference presentations and published in the Journal of Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction.

Methods practised

Procedures performed

  • bone lengthening
  • PRECICE 2
  • Ilizarov

Where Dr. Herrera practises

CORA Group, Medellín
Medellín, Colombia
CORA Group — Centro de Excelencia en Cirugía Ortopédica Reconstructiva y Alargamientos Óseos, Medellín; Clínica Rosario (El Tesoro); Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe; IQ InterQuirófanos
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