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Jose Morcuende, MD, PhD

Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
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Jose Morcuende, MD, PhD - University of Iowa
Primary Office
Pappajohn Pavilion
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242

Current Positions

  • Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
  • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Marvin and Rose Lee Pomerantz Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery

Education

  • MD, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
  • PhD, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
  • Resident in Orthopaedics, Hospital Universitario de Granada and Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
  • Fellow in Pediatric/Orthopaedics, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
  • Resident in Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Research Interests

  • Clinical Science
  • Basic Science
  • Public/Global Health

Licenses & Certifications

  • Board Re-Certification, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part II
  • Board Certification, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Permanent License to Practice Medicine, The State of Iowa
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part I
  • USMLE part III
  • USMLE part I, and II
  • ECFMG
  • Colegio de Medicos, Madrid, Spain
  • Colegio de Medicos, Granada, Spain

Selected Publications

  • Troesch, V.L., Dougherty, S.M., Jajawardena, A.D.L., Cook, T., Qiang, A., Morcuende, J.A. Quality of Treatment for Clubfoot: A Decade Analysis of Patient-Centered Care. In preparation for submission, World Orthopaedic J. submitted
  • Morcuende, J.A., Mahecha-Toro, M. (2023) Transcending by Following-up Acquired Skills. Rev Col de Ortho Tra 2023;37(2):e58. https://DOI.org/1058854/01208845.58
  • Manhica, N.M., Titler, S.S., Long, T.J., Kowalski, H., Morcuende, J.A., Mathews, K.D. Anesthetic Exposures in Children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy During Muscle Biopsies: A 5-Year Review. Anesthesia and Analgesia J.
  • Skalitzky, M.K., Gulbrandsen, T.R., Lorentzen, W., Gao, B., Shamrock, A.G., Weinstein, S.L., Morcuende, J.A. (2021) Health Literacy in Clubfoot: A Quantitative Assessment of the Readability, Understandability and Actionability of Online Patient Education Material. Iowa Orthop J. 2021;41(1):61-67. PMID: 34552405.
  • Morcuende, J.A. Identification de las recidivas en el pie equinovaro congenito. Supplement: Pie Equino Varo Congenito: Conceptos actuales, Revista Sociedad Ortopedia Colombiana. September 2020. ISSN: 0120-8845; e-ISSN:2256-490X.
  • Fontán-Lozano, Á., Morcuende, S., de Davis-López Carrizosa, M. A., Benítez-Temiño, B., Mejías, R. & Matarredona, E. R. (2020). To Become or Not to Become Tumorigenic: Subventricular Zone Versus Hippocampal Neural Stem Cells. Frontiers in oncology 10 602217. DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.602217. PMID: 33330101. PMCID: PMC7729188.
  • Morcuende, J. (In Press). Identificacion de las recidivas en el pie equinovaro congenito. Supplement: Pie Equino Varo Congenito: Conceptos actuales, Revista Sociedad Ortopedia Colombiana.
  • Bossio, J. E., Gonzalez, A., Cuenca, J. F., Herrera, G., Sepulveda, D. & Morcuende, J. (In Press). Etiologia y anatomia patologica del pie equino varo congenito. Supplement: Pie Equino Varo Congenito: Conceptos actuales, Revista Sociedad Ortopedia Colombiana.
  • Ortiz, D., Posada, A., Quesada, M., Garcia, J., Nogueira, M. & Morcuende, J. (In Press). Pie Equinovaro congenito no tratado en el paciente escolar, adolescente y adulto. Supplement: Pie Equino Varo Congenito: Conceptos actuales, Revista Sociedad Ortopedia Colombiana. https://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-revista-colombiana-ortopedia-traumatologia-380-articulo-pie-equino-varo-congenito-no-S012088452100002X.
  • Morcuende, M., Guglielminotti, J. & Landau, R. (2020). Anesthesiologists' and Intensive Care Providers' Exposure to COVID-19 Infection in a New York City Academic Center: A Prospective Cohort Study Assessing Symptoms and COVID-19 Antibody Testing. Anesthesia and analgesia 131 (3) 669-676. DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005056. PMID: 32520728. PMCID: PMC7302070.