Dr. Rogelio Carratalá Baixauli.

MD · Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology · Hand and Upper Limb Surgery · Shoulder Surgery. Quirónsalud Valencia Hospital
Clinical area
Locomotive System Department

Dr. Rogelio Carratalá Baixauli is a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology with a clinical and academic profile focused on hand, wrist, elbow and upper limb surgery, with a particular subspecialty interest in shoulder surgery (arthroscopic, reconstructive and arthroplasty). He completed his MIR residency in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia (2011-2016).

He works as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Hand and Upper Limb Unit of Quirónsalud Valencia, and has served as Referral Traumatologist for the regions of Valencia and Castellón at Asepeyo (Mutua Colaboradora de la Seguridad Social), managing complex occupational orthopaedic and trauma pathology.

His practice is particularly focused on shoulder arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery, shoulder arthroplasty, arthroscopic and open surgery of the wrist and elbow, and the management of upper limb sports and occupational injuries. He is Director of the Valencia Shoulder Challenge, an advanced shoulder surgery course, and a regular faculty member of national and international upper limb surgery courses, including cadaver and dry-lab training programmes.

Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology - Hand, Wrist, Elbow and Shoulder Surgery

  • Shoulder arthroscopy: rotator cuff repair, instability and labral pathology
  • Shoulder instability with bone loss: Remplissage and capsular procedures, Latarjet/Bone-block techniques
  • Shoulder arthroplasty (anatomic and reverse)
  • Wrist arthroscopy and minimally invasive wrist surgery
  • Arthroscopic treatment of TFCC injuries (including knotless foveal repair under direct DRUJ visualisation)
  • Reconstructive and arthroscopic surgery of the elbow
  • Hand and wrist surgery: trauma, soft-tissue pathology and reconstructive procedures
  • Management of occupational trauma and complex post-traumatic upper limb pathology

Specialties treated:

Rotator cuff injuries | Shoulder instability and recurrent dislocation | Glenoid bone loss | Shoulder osteoarthritis and rotator cuff arthropathy | Acromioclavicular and sternoclavicular pathology | Distal clavicle and proximal humerus fractures | Elbow instability and stiffness | Lateral and medial epicondylitis | TFCC injuries | Distal radioulnar joint instability | Wrist arthroscopy | Hand and wrist trauma | Post-traumatic upper limb sequelae | Occupational upper limb pathology.

Dr. Rogelio Carratalá Baixauli

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Professional experience

Current and recent positions

  • November 2017 - Present: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hand and Upper Limb Unit (subspecialty Shoulder Surgery), Hospital Quirónsalud Valencia.
  • September 2016 - February 2024: Referral Traumatologist for Valencia and Castellón, Asepeyo - Mutua Colaboradora de la Seguridad Social.
  • November 2016 - February 2019: Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Centro Dax Valencia.

Previous positions

  • May 2016 - September 2016: Consultant (FEA) in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital La Malvarrosa, Departamento de Salud Valencia Clínico-Malvarrosa.
  • May 2011 - May 2016: Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (MIR programme), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia.
  • Summers 2004-2007: Pharmacy Assistant, Farmacia Campos Carratalá Martínez.

Course direction and faculty roles

  • Director, Valencia Shoulder Challenge 2026 - Advanced Shoulder Surgery Course (Valencia, 26-27 February 2026).
  • Director, Valencia Shoulder Challenge 2025 - Advanced Shoulder Surgery Course (Valencia, 6-7 February 2025).
  • Faculty member, Elite Training Race - Phase 2 Cadaver Lab (Barcelona, 11 March 2026).
  • Faculty member, ETR Minifellowship Shoulder (11-13 February 2025).
  • Faculty member, Minilab Shoulder Arthroscopy - intermediate level (Valencia, 27 February 2025; February 2024; 23 February 2023).
  • Faculty member, Elite Training Race - Phase 2 Activity 1 DryLab (Madrid, 20 September 2024).
  • Faculty member, Shoulder Expert Meeting Albacete - Glenoid bone defects (21 November 2024).
  • Faculty member, Broadcasted Live Surgery - Shoulder Arthroscopy (Valencia, 5 May 2023).
  • Faculty member, Minilab Shoulder Arthroscopy - Boneblock technique (Barcelona, 27 April 2023).
Membership in scientific societies
  • AEA - Spanish Arthroscopy Association
  • SECOT - Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
Research and teaching
  • Co-author of peer-reviewed publications and oral communications in shoulder surgery, arthroscopic wrist surgery and upper limb pathology.
  • Director of the Valencia Shoulder Challenge, an advanced shoulder surgery course.
  • Regular faculty member at national cadaver and dry-lab training programmes in shoulder arthroscopy and upper limb surgery.
  • Active participant and presenter at national congresses on orthopaedic surgery, arthroscopy and upper limb pathology (AEA-SEROD, SOTOCAV, Shoulder Expert Forum, BIAS, EMEA Shoulder Academy).

Selected publications

  • Carratalá Baixauli V, Lucas García FJ, González Jofré CA, Carratalá Baixauli R, Sánchez Alepuz E. Técnica de reinserción foveal artroscópica sin nudos del fibrocartílago triangular con visión directa de la articulación radiocubital distal. Revista Iberoamericana de Cirugía de la Mano.

Selected oral communications and case presentations

  • Clinical Case: Low-grade osteosarcoma of the trapezium. XX Interhospital Meeting of the Hand Surgery Group of the Valencian Community (Valencia, 22 April 2016).
  • Clinical Case: Bone lymphoma. XLIII SOTOCAV Congress (Valencia, 21-22 May 2015).
  • Oral communication: Remplissage technique and capsular procedures (rotator interval closure) in the treatment of recurrent shoulder instability. AEA-SEROD Congress (Madrid, 22-24 April 2015).
  • Oral communication: Review of paediatric Monteggia fracture-dislocation. XLI SOTOCAV Congress (Xàtiva, May 2013).

Teaching

  • Director, Valencia Shoulder Challenge (2025 and 2026 editions) - Advanced Shoulder Surgery Course, Valencia.
  • Faculty member in national cadaver labs, dry labs and minilabs in shoulder arthroscopy (Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid).

Invited speaker at national meetings on shoulder instability with glenoid bone loss.

Stay in foreign centers

Medical education and specialist training

  • Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Reus, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona). Class of 2001-2008.
  • Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (FEA) after MIR residency at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 2011-2016.

International fellowships and observerships

  • February 2016: Fellowship / Observership in Open and Arthroscopic Upper Limb Surgery, Badia Hand to Shoulder Center, Miami, Florida, USA - Dr. Alejandro Badia.
  • November-December 2015: Observership in Arthroscopic Surgery of Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, Knee and Ankle, and Occupational Traumatology, Unión de Mutuas (Castellón).

Selected advanced courses, cadaver labs and congresses attended

  • 11th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (Barcelona, 26-28 June 2024).
  • 10th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (A Coruña, 10-12 May 2023).
  • 9th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (Murcia, 1-3 June 2022).
  • EMEA Advanced Arthroscopy & Arthroplasty Shoulder Academy (Annecy, 12-14 May 2022).
  • Update in Shoulder Arthroplasty (Benidorm, 15 December 2021).
  • 8th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (Palma de Mallorca, 22-25 September 2021).
  • X Cadaver Lab in Shoulder Arthroscopy (Leioa, 10 September 2021).
  • Meet The Expert on Shoulder: Instability with bone loss (Online, 18 March 2021).
  • II Shoulder Bioskills (Málaga, 4-5 December 2019).
  • BIAS 2019 - Barcelona International Arthroscopy Symposium (Barcelona, 21-22 November 2019).
  • Advances in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery, Arthrolab Arthrex (Munich, 3 July 2019).
  • III Practical Wrist Arthroscopy Course (Valencia, 6-7 June 2019).
  • 7th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (Santander, 22-24 May 2019).
  • EMEA Sports Medicine Symposium (Hamburg, 21-22 February 2019).
  • II Practical Wrist Arthroscopy Course (Valencia, 21-22 June 2018).
  • 6th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (Zaragoza, 24-26 May 2018).
  • Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound Course (Barcelona, 18 May 2018).
  • Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course (Barcelona, 10 January 2018).
  • II Monographic Course on Wrist and Hand Surgery (Barcelona, 24-25 November 2017).
  • III Wrist Arthroscopy Course (Valencia, 20 October 2017).
  • Latest Advances in Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery, Arthrolab Arthrex (Munich, 21 September 2017).
  • Practical Wrist Arthroscopy Course (Valencia, 8 June 2017).
  • 5th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (Alicante, 17-19 May 2017).
  • Reconstructive Elbow Surgery, IV Theoretical-Practical Surgical Skills Course (Madrid, 2-3 March 2017).
  • 4th AEA-SEROD Joint Congress (Bilbao, 9-11 November 2016).
  • BioSkills Course, Vanguard Revision Knee Arthroplasty (Innsbruck, 30 June - 1 July 2016).
  • Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course - Smith & Nephew (Barcelona, 26-27 May 2016).
  • XX Interhospital Meeting of the Hand Surgery Group of the Valencian Community (Valencia, 22 April 2016).
  • V Shoulder Expert Forum Valencia (21-22 April 2016).
  • Introduction to Spinal Pathology Course (Valencia, 14-15 April 2016).
  • Theoretical-Practical Course on Upper Limb Approaches in Orthopaedic Surgery (Zaragoza, 18-19 March 2016).
  • Complications and Sequelae in Hand and Wrist Surgery (Valencia, 20 November 2015).
  • II Wrist Arthroscopy Course (Valencia, 30 October 2015).
  • Primary Hip Arthroplasty Course with cadaver practice, DePuy Synthes (Madrid, 8 October 2015).
  • Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy Course for Residents (Barcelona, 18-19 June 2015).
  • XLIII SOTOCAV Congress (Valencia, 21-22 May 2015).
  • Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course (Valencia, 14-15 May 2015).
  • AEA-SEROD Congress (Madrid, 22-24 April 2015).
  • VII SEFRAOS Congress (Valencia, 12-13 March 2015).
  • AOTrauma Course: Basic Principles of Fracture Treatment (9-11 February 2015).
  • Update in Knee Arthroscopic Surgery, cadaver practice (Barcelona, 29 January 2015).
  • 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Musculoskeletal Infections (Valencia, 5 December 2014).
  • SECOT Foundation Course: Degenerative Pathology of the Lower Limb (Barcelona, 27-28 November 2014).
  • II Update Meeting in Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery (Murcia, 7 November 2014).
  • IV Shoulder Expert Forum (Valencia, 30-31 October 2014).
  • Medartis Workshop: Aptus Wrist, distal radius (Valencia, 26 June 2014).
  • Spine Pathology Symposium (Valencia, April 2014).
  • Lower Limb Approaches Course (Valencia, April 2014).
  • I Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery Course (Valencia, 28 March 2014).
  • SECOT Foundation Course: Bone Tumours and Paediatric Orthopaedics (Mallorca, June 2013).
  • I Wrist Arthroscopic Surgery Conference (Valencia, 24 May 2013).
  • XLI SOTOCAV Congress (Xàtiva, May 2013).
  • Practical Course on Upper Limb Approaches and Osteosynthesis (Valencia, 26 October 2012).
  • XL SOTOCAV Congress (Torrevieja, 19 May 2012).
  • SEFRAOS Congress (Barcelona, January 2012).
Languages for clinical practice
  • Spanish - native
  • Valencian - native
  • English