Manuel Segura Trepichio is a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at Torrevieja University Hospital since 2025, and Associate Lecturer on the Medicine degree programme at the University of Alicante since 2023.

He graduated in Medicine from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (2007), qualified as a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology after completing his medical residency at Elche General University Hospital (2014), and obtained his doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Alicante (2019). His postgraduate qualifications include a University Master’s Degree in Healthcare Leadership and Management from the International University of La Rioja (2026), as well as accreditation as a Fellow of the European Board of Spine through EUROSPINE (2018) and a Fellow of the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EBOT, 2019).

He has worked at Vinalopó, Torrevieja and Vega Baja university hospitals and served as Head of the Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Section at Torrevieja University Hospital from 2023 to 2025. He combines clinical practice and departmental management with university teaching, with previous experience teaching on the Physiotherapy degree programme at CEU Cardenal Herrera University and providing clinical training for medical students at the Catholic University of San Antonio of Murcia.

His research focuses on clinical outcomes, complications and cost evaluation of different surgical techniques for lumbar spine disorders. He is currently the principal investigator of a study on mortality in patients with hip fractures. He has authored scientific publications and book chapters, delivered more than 25 oral and poster presentations at national and international conferences, and serves as a reviewer for Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research.

He is a member of the Surgical Infections Committee and the Operating Theatre Committee at Torrevieja University Hospital. He belongs to the Valencian Society of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery (SOTOCAV), the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT), and the Spanish Spine Society (GEER). He also serves as an advisory member of the Pseudoscience Observatory of the Alicante Medical Association.