Dr. Claudio Orlich Castelán

Urology

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

*1980 Urology Assistant, Kidney Transplant Program manager at the San Juan de Dios Hospital (Social Security Hospital)

*1979 Assistant Specialist in Urology at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, San José.

*1975 to 1979 Post-graduate studies with Urology Specialty at Mayo Clinic in

Rochester, Minnesota

*1975 Social Service Practice, Director of the Mobil Unit in Puriscal with the

Ministry of Health.

*1974 Doctor in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Costa Rica.

*1968 to 1969 Pre-medicine studies at the University of Costa Rica.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

*July1st to Aug. 31 2007 Rotating Service in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery

with Dr. Octavio Castillo at the Santa María Cinical Hospital in Santiago, Chile.

*Dec. 2004 to Jan. 2005 Basic Actualization course in Radiological protection. Department of Radiology at the San Juan de Dios Hospital (Social Security Hospital).

*Feb. to March 2003 Session in laparoscopic urological surgery. Urology Service. San Juan de Dios Hospital.

*Nov. 2 to Jan. 2003 Strategic Planification Course. ACCESO Foundation.

*July to Dec. 2001 University teaching course. University of Costa Rica.

*Aug. 2000 Strategy course, leadership and population management and reproductive health. Johns Hopkins University. School of Hygiene and Public Health. Baltimore, Maryland. 

*Dec. 1996 Colaborative Instructive Course of a penis prothesis for the sexual impotent.

Southwest impotence center. Van Bueren Arkansas. University of Arkansas.

*Oct. to Nov. 1996 Basic CPR and First Aid. Autonomous College of Medical Sciences of Central America.

MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS

*2005 to 2006 Member of the Board of Director’s of the IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) with headquarters in New York.

*2000 Member of the Board of Director’s of the Costa Rican Demographic Association and of Pro-family Association.

*2004 to 2006. President of the two associations mentioned above.

*1995 Member of the University Surgery Professor’s at the San Juan de Dios Hospital at the University of Costa Rica as Associated Professor.

*1990 to 1992 President of the Costa Rican Association in Urology.

*1989 to 1993 Member of the Editorial Committee of the Minutes Magazine of the Costa Rican College of Physician’s and Surgeon’s.

*1988 to 1989 Vice-President of the Costa Rican Association in Urology.

*1987 Member of the Editorial Committee of the Medical Bulletin of the Costa Rican Demographic Association.

*1986 Member of the Costa Rican Demographic Association.

*Member of the American Federation of Urology

*Active member of the Central South Section of the American Association in Urology.

*1979 to Present. Member of the Ex-alumni Association of the Mayo Clinic.

*1975 Licensed to practice Medicine in the State of Minnesota

*Certified by the Education Council of graduated physician’s, to practice medicine in the exterior.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publications: (53)

1)Orlich C.. The Masculine Factor in Sterile Spouse. Bibliographical Revision.

Rev. Med. Of C.R.. 1983,485:135-137.

2)Ureterocalycostomy used in case of an ureteropielonefritis obstruction, associated with infundibula stenosis and urinary lithiasis. Rev. Med. Of C.R. 1986,497:133-134.

3)Experience with radical prostatectomy in the management of early stages of prostate cancer at the San Juan de Dios Hospital. Rev. Med. Of C.R. 1986,496:109-110.

4)Orlich C. Diverticulum of the feminine Urethra. A report of four cases.

Rev. Med. of C.R. 1988,503:43-45.

5)Orlich C. Extra six years of life of hypernephroma with tumoral thrombus at the cava vein and the right auricle. Minutes. Med. of C.R. 1991,3:118-120.

6)Actualizations in the diagnostic and treatment of prostate cancer. Rev. Med. of C.R. 1992,520:123-125.