Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology
Dr. Julio César Morales Dávila is a specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, trained at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. He has extensive experience in hip and knee surgery, including complex cases and revisions, and completed a subspecialty in hip arthroplasty in the United Kingdom.
He specializes in anterior approach hip replacement, knee preservation surgery, and sports medicine surgery.
An active member of scientific societies such as SECOT, SECCA, and the Spanish Arthroscopy Association, he maintains ongoing training through international congresses and courses.
Relevant training includes:
- AO Trauma Courses: Principles of surgical fracture management. Barcelona, Spain. November 2010.
- AO Advanced Course on Complex Articular Fractures. Madrid. October 2012.
- AO Trauma Europe Masters Course: Periprosthetic Fractures. Barcelona. March 2015.
- AO Advanced Upper Limb Course. Madrid. October 2015.
- National Training Plan in Arthroscopy, Basic Course. Madrid. April 2015.
- AO Trauma Europe Masters Course – Challenges in Humerus Fractures. Madrid. April 2016.
- 19th EFORT Congress. May 2018, Barcelona, Spain.
- Richard Villar Hip Arthroscopy Course, Watford, United Kingdom. February 2018.
- 2nd Madrid Shoulder Course. October 2018.
- Meet the Expert: Periprosthetic Fractures Skill Enhancement Trauma. September 2019, Tenerife, Spain.
- Joint Meeting EHS (European Hip Society) & SECCA (Spanish Hip Surgery Society). January 2020, Madrid, Spain.
- Bioskills Knee Revision Arthroplasty. Zimmer Biomet. Barcelona, Spain, June 2021.
- SECCA Congress (Spanish Hip Surgery Society). October 2021, Oviedo, Spain.
- EFORT Congress 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
- HUC Polytrauma Committee: Polytrauma Code and Protocols. May 2022, Tenerife, Spain.
- Direct Anterior Approach Hip Arthroplasty, Basic Level. Madrid 2023.
- Barcelona Hip Meeting “Pitfalls & Complications”. April 2023, Spain.
- Joint Meeting EHS & SECCA. February 2022, Madrid, Spain.
- Bioskills ASI Total Hip Arthroplasty. Zimmer Biomet. March 2025, Tübingen, Germany.
- Knee Osteotomies & PSI Course. Newclip. March 2025, Nantes, France.
- SECCA Congress (Spanish Hip Surgery Society). June 2025, Seville, Spain.
- Online Courses: Shoulder MRI Assessing Instability. Cincinnati, USA. March 2019.
- Professional MRI Series – Shoulder MRI: Overview of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist. Cincinnati, USA. March 2019.
- Complex Knee Pathology. Aware 5.6 credits. August 2020.
- Northern Osteotomy Virtual Masterclass. Royal College of Surgeons of England. 6 CPD. July 2020.
- Webinar: From Rapid Recovery to Outpatient Hip Surgery. Zimmer Biomet Institute. March 2021.
- Update and Review in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, 86 hours. SECOT. June 2022.
- Update and Review in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, 61 hours. SECOT. July 2023.
- Hip Preservation Course. Barcelona. September 2025.
- EUROPEAN HIP SOCIETY meeting Thessaloniki, Greece October 2025
- Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology – University Hospital of the Canary Islands (HUC), Tenerife (2019 – Present)
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Orthopedics – Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (2018 – 2019)
- Specialty Doctor in Trauma and Orthopedics – Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Kent, United Kingdom (2017 – 2018)
- Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology – José Molina Orosa Hospital, Lanzarote (2013 – 2017)
- Orthopedic Surgeon – Hospital del Espíritu Santo, Barcelona (2013)
- Resident in Traumatology and Orthopedics (via MIR) – Hospital Clínic of Barcelona (2008 – 2013)
- Member of the Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT) (2008 – Present).
- Member of the Spanish Society of Hip Surgery (SECCA) (2023 – Present).
- Member of the Spanish Association of Arthroscopy.
- Former member of the Royal College of General Practitioners of the United Kingdom.
