Orthopaedic surgeon • foot & ankle

Dr Diogo
Vieira Cardoso

Attending orthopaedic surgeon and head of the reconstructive, sports and trauma foot & ankle team at Geneva University Hospitals.

“A technology or technique has value only when it addresses the right diagnosis, the right patient and the right goal.”

Background

A career shaped between Geneva and Vancouver

After medical school in Madrid, Dr Cardoso completed specialist training in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology in Switzerland, primarily at Geneva University Hospitals, before focusing his practice on foot and ankle surgery.

2006–2012Medicine & surgery

Universidad San Pablo CEU · Madrid

2012–2018Specialist training

Orthopaedic surgery & traumatology · Switzerland

2017–2020Doctorate in Medicine

Université de Genève

2020–2021Clinical Fellowship — Foot & Ankle

University of British Columbia · Vancouver

Since 2021Attending surgeon & team lead

Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève

Expertise

A practice focused on foot and ankle surgery

His clinical fellowship at the University of British Columbia deepened his experience in complex foot and ankle surgery and ankle replacement. At Geneva University Hospitals, his work spans reconstructive, sports and trauma surgery.

Total ankle replacement→Minimally invasive surgery→Ankle arthroscopy→Complex cases & revision→

Approach

Decision before technique

01Understand the problem

Connect symptoms, examination, imaging and goals before choosing treatment.

02Preserve when appropriate

Surgery is not automatically the first answer; preserving joint, bone and soft tissue may be preferable when appropriate.

03Technology with judgement

Arthroscopy, percutaneous surgery, 3D planning and PSI are tools serving an indication — not goals in themselves.

Academic

Research, teaching & education

Clinical practice is complemented by research, university teaching and surgical education.

20main publications presented below

17+conference presentations

3book chapters

His work focuses particularly on ankle trauma and instability, osteoarthritis, arthrodesis, hallux valgus and minimally invasive surgery, complex deformity, patient-reported outcomes and Achilles tendon reconstruction.

Main publications

Complete profile on ResearchGate ↗

2025Lésion de la syndesmose tibiofibulaire distale chez l’athlèteRevue Médicale Suisse↗2025L’arthrose de la cheville chez le footballeur – Quel rôle joue la syndesmose ?Journal de Traumatologie du Sport↗2025Prise en charge des fractures de la cheville chez les personnes âgées fragilesRevue Médicale Suisse↗2025Long-term Clinical Outcomes After Syndesmosis Fixation With K-wires in Ankle Fractures With Syndesmotic InstabilityFoot & Ankle Orthopaedics↗2024A Classification for Syndesmosis Injuries Based on Soft Tissue and Bony AnatomyFoot & Ankle Orthopaedics↗2024Un effondrement douloureux : la prise en charge du pied platMains Libres↗2023Un effondrement douloureux : la prise en charge du pied platRevue Médicale Suisse↗2023Podium Presentation Title: A Cohort Comparison of Arthroscopic and Open Lapidus Correction and Complications for Hallux ValgusArthroscopy↗2022General Considerations About Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis. Any Way to Improve Our Results?Foot and Ankle Clinics↗2022Cohort Comparison of Radiographic Correction and Complications Between Minimal Invasive and Open Lapidus Procedures for Hallux ValgusFoot & Ankle International↗2022The effect of BMI on long-term outcomes after operatively treated ankle fractures: a study with up to 16 years of follow-upBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders↗2022Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures: From Bracing Treatment to Complex ReconstructionInstructional Course Lectures↗2022A Patient Cohort Comparison of Radiographic Correction and Early Complications Between Percutaneous and Open Lapidus Procedures for Hallux ValgusFoot & Ankle Orthopaedics↗2021Arthrose de la cheville : pourquoi si jeune, et quelle option thérapeutique ?Revue Médicale Suisse↗2021Operatively treated ankle fractures in Switzerland, 2002–2012: epidemiology and associations between baseline characteristics and fracture typesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders↗2020Development and psychometric performance of the French language version of the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ)Foot and Ankle Surgery↗2019La prothèse totale de cheville : mise au pointRevue Médicale Suisse↗2019A case report depicting patient’s installation on the fracture table when an ankle spanning external fixator is already in placeBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders↗2017Fractures de l’humérus distal chez la personne âgée : ostéosynthèse ou prothèse de coude ?Revue Médicale Suisse↗2017La prothèse totale du genou répond-elle aux attentes des patients ?Revue Médicale Suisse↗

Publication titles are kept in their original language. The list brings together the main peer-reviewed articles, reviews and scientific contributions identified in the author’s public bibliography.

EFASSFASSwiss OrthopaedicsSICOT

Book chapters

2026Entorse tibiofibulaire distaleMarc Wybier · Nabil Jomaah · Diogo Vieira Cardoso — Pied et cheville — Orthopédie, Rhumatologie & Imagerie. Séminaire Résonance Affidea Suisse 2026, 7e édition. Coord. Jean-Denis Laredo. Sauramps Medical. Début p. 45 · ISBN 979-10-303-0525-8.

Specialist consultation

Care built around the diagnosis

Each consultation aims to clarify the problem, alternatives and realistic expected outcomes before any surgical decision.

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Consultation information

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