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Dr. Francois Lintz, Medicine Doctor, Fellow of the French and European Boards of Orthopedics and Trauma, is a senior consultant orthopedic surgeon, specialized in the Foot and Ankle, practicing in the Center for Foot and Ankle Surgery in the Union Private Hospital of Toulouse,. 

Dr Lintz’s training in Foot and Ankle Surgery includes: 

·       2009 European Specialized Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery with Dr Ian Winson, MB, ChB, FRCS, former EFAS, BOFAS and BOA president.

·       2007 Board Certification by the French Foot Ankle Society 

Dr Lintz’s academic activities includes:

·       2017: Member of the Board, Weight Bearing CT International Study Group 

·       2016: International Member of the American Orthopedic Foot Ankle Society; Media Comitee Member, EFAS

·       2012 : Senior Member , Member of the Board, Chair of the Scientific Comitee, French Foot and Ankle Surgery Association (AFCP)

·       2010 : Member of the European Foot and Ankle Association (EFAS)

Dr Lintz’s main publications in the field include:

·       3D Biometrics for Hindfoot Alignment Using Weightbearing CT.                                                        Lintz F, Welck M, Bernasconi A, Thornton J, Cullen NP, Singh D, Goldberg A.                                              Foot Ankle Int. 2017 Jun;38(6):684-689. 

·       Influence of lower limb rotation on hindfoot alignment using a conventional two-dimensional radiographic technique.              Baverel, J. Brilhault, G. Odri, M.Boissard, F. Lintz                                                                          Foot Ankle Surg. 2017 Mar;23(1):44-49

·       Ground Reaction Force Calcaneal Offset: A new measurement of hindfoot alignment.                                         Lintz F, Barton T, Millet M, Harries WJ, Hepple S, Winson IG.                                                         Foot Ankle Surg. 2012 Mar;18(1):9-14. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.01.003. Epub 2011 Feb 10.

I am an orthopedic surgeon dedicated to hand surgery at Hospital Memorial Jaboatão, Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco - Brazil.

I was trained at Hospital Otávio de Freitas, Recife, Pernambuco - Brazil. I have watched a few videos of Don Lalonde on VuMedi and became fascinated about it. I have tried to discuss this method with my hand surgery masters but they were all skeptical. They actually told me Don was a mad man and I should forget about his methods. 

Their criticism just made my curiosity even bigger. I bought Don’s book and started doing some cases on my own after finishing my residency. On April 2018 I had the opportunity to visit Saint John and see that the use of WALANT goes way beyond what I had imagined. Now I am trying to brake the barriers of implementing WALANT in my practice. I hope I can succeed and contribute to the community, because as sure as death is, WALANT is the future of hand surgery.