Tratamiento en Barcelona (España)

El Dr. César García Madrid es especialista en angiología, cirugía vascular y endovascular y cuenta con más de 25 años de experiencia. Es pionero en tratamientos no quirúrgicos para las varices y ha publicado más de 200 artículos dedicados a la cirugía endovascular. Es miembro de múltiples sociedades profesionales y ha sido galardonado con múltiples premios.

El Dr. Ferrán Montserrat Ramón es un cirujano ortopédico y de reemplazo de cadera de gran experiencia, con títulos en medicina por la Universidad de Barcelona y especialización en cirugía ortopédica y traumatología por el Lyon Sud Hospital Center, Clinique Emilie de Vialar y New England Baptist Hospital. Es miembro de varias organizaciones, entre ellas la Sociedad Europea de Traumatología Deportiva, Cirugía de Rodilla y Artroscopia, la Sociedad Internacional de Artroscopia, Cirugía de Rodilla y Medicina Deportiva Ortopédica, y la Sociedad Española de Rodilla.

Cirujano experimentado con experiencia en los campos de Oncología Peritoneal, Cirugía de Melanoma y Sarcoma, Cirugía Laparoscópica y Robótica, y Cirugía Hepatobiliar y Pancreática. Ponente en Congresos Nacionales e Internacionales sobre Tratamiento Quirúrgico de Cánceres Abdominales y Pélvicos Avanzados, autor y coautor de publicaciones científicas de importancia nacional e internacional, e investigador de ensayos clínicos de cirugía oncológica de importancia nacional e internacional. Miembro de comunidades científicas nacionales e internacionales.

El Dr. Fernando Castanera de Molina es especialista en oftalmología y Director y Fundador de la Clínica Oftalmológica de Centro Médico Teknon. Es pionero en el tratamiento con láser de las patologías oftálmicas en España y es experto en el tratamiento del glaucoma y cataratas con técnicas quirúrgicas y microválvulas. Ha impartido más de 100 conferencias y formación dedicada a las nuevas técnicas en cirugía de catarata y refractiva y es miembro de varias organizaciones como la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología, la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología Pediátrica y Estrabismo, la Sociedad Catalana de Oftalmología y la Sociedad Europea Sociedad de Cirujanos de Catarata y Refractiva.

Academic Education:

• Degree in Medicine.
• Doctor in Medicine.
• FESC.

Scientific and Teaching Activity:

• Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona.
• Multiple publications in national and international magazines.
• Directed various theses.

Areas of Professional Interest:

• Idiopathic heart disease.
• Structural heart disease (valvular, anatomical defects, etc.).

Academic Education:

• Urology Specialist MIR 1982-87.
• European Board of Urology UAE 1992.

Professional Experience:

• Resident Urology HU Bellvitge 1982-87.
• Head of Urology Service H. Gral Vic 1988.
• Staff S. Urology HU Bellvitge since 1988.
• HU Bellvitge Renal Transplant Team Staff.
• Coord. Unit Litiasi i Endourology HUB.
• Private activity at HM Delfos since 1988.
• President of the Delphi Renal Lithiasis Unit (Lithotripsy).
• Head of Urology Service HM Delfos.

Scientific and Teaching Activity:

• National Coordinator of the Lithiasis and Endourology Group of the Spanish Association of Urology.
• Teaching Tutor Urology HU Bellvitge since 1998.
• Coord. Endourology Courses (4 per year) HUB since 2005.
• Director of scientific programs of different companies. 
• Scientific Advisor to Biomaterials Companies.
• Organizer of several National Congresses of the Lithiasis, Endourology, Laparoscopy and Robotics Group of the Spanish Association of Urology.
• Multiple scientific communications to medical congresses, publication of articles in journals, chapters of medical and popular books, and scientific films.
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Academic Education:

• Graduated in Medicine from the University of Barcelona 1984.
• Medical specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation via MIR carried out at the Bellvitge University Hospital. Barcelona 1990.

Professional Experience:

• Physician Specialist Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1991. Barcelona Nord Elementary.
• Optional Emergency Specialist at Bellvitge Hospital 1991-1992.
• Assistant physician Rehabilitation Service at Bellvitge Hospital1991-2019.
• Optional Costa Ponent Primary Specialist 1991-2019.

Scientific and Teaching Activity:

• Teaching collaborator of Residents of the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Bellvitge Hospital (1991-2019).
• Professor of the SEMOYM Courses (Spanish Society of Orthopedic and Manual Medicine). Member of the board of directors and currently a teacher in the courses.
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• Medical Societies: Catalan Rehabilitation Society. Catalan Pain Society.
• SERMEF (Spanish Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine). Osteoporosis Task Force. Pain work group.
• GREC: Scoliosis Study Group of the Catalan Rehabilitation Society.
• Director and organizer of the VII Training Course in Orthopedic and Manual Medicine (MOM). Hot Topics in MOM of the lumbar spine and infiltrations June 2019.
• Presentations made in national and international congresses, the majority on pathology of the spine, Orthopedic and Manual Medicine, interventional techniques of the spine, myofascial pain, and Osteoporosis.

Areas of Professional Interest:

• Interventionism in pathology of the Spine. 
• Orthopedic Medicine and Manual.
• Neural Therapy.
• Osteoporosis.

Academic Education:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. University of Barcelona.
• Doctor in medicine. University of Barcelona. Extraordinary prize for doctoral thesis.
• Training in translational research thanks to a post-doctoral stay at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA).

Professional Experience:

• Medical Oncologist specialized in urological cancer. Her areas of expertise are prostate cancer, kidney, bladder and urinary tract cancer, and testicular cancer.
• She currently works as a Senior Consultant in the Medical Oncology Service of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, ​​where she is responsible for urological cancer. 
• At HM Delfos, from Medical Oncology, she is responsible for the care of patients with urological cancer, from a multidisciplinary approach in coordination with the different specialists (urology, radiotherapy, pathology) through joint work and the Tumor Committee. She is also responsible for the introduction of new therapies and the development of clinical trial projects in this area.

Scientific and Teaching Activity:

• Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Clinical Hospital. University of Barcelona. 
• Teaching in the subject of Medical Oncology, of the 5th year of the Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona. She has been the director of several Final Degree projects for medical students in ​​urological cancer.
• Teacher and Director of the subject "Prostate Cancer" of the Master of Biomedicine. University of Barcelona.
• Teacher and Director of the subject "Comprehensive management of the uro-oncological patient", of the Master of Uro-Oncology of Advanced Medical Competences. University of Barcelona. 
• Direction of several doctoral theses on prostate cancer.
• Extensive experience in the training of Residents in Medical Oncology at the Clinical Hospital de Barcelona.
• Extensive teaching experience in scientific courses and symposiums.
• Internship tutor for students of the Master in Art Therapy at Escuela Metáfora. Art therapy in cancer patients at Hospital Clinic.
• Coordinator of Mindfulness training workshops in Oncology.
• Clinical research:   Extensive experience as principal investigator of multiple clinical trials, phase I, II and III, of new therapies in urological cancer.
• Translational research: Researcher at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS). Leader of the Prostate Cancer working group, within the Translational Genomics Laboratory and Targeted Therapy in Solid Tumors. Her fundamental line of research is based on the investigation of resistance mechanisms to prostate cancer treatments and the study of biomarkers that allow progress towards personalized medicine in this disease.
• She has published more than 140 scientific articles in international journals.

Areas of Professional Interest:

• Her interest as a professional is to provide the best care for patients with urological cancer from all areas: the best care on an individual basis and offer them the best available treatment or the possibility of having access to new treatments within clinical trials. 
• In addition, she has a great interest in promoting comprehensive care for patients and their families.

Academic Education:

• Graduated in Medicine from the University of Barcelona (1994-2000).
• Specialist in Internal Medicine at the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (2001-2006).
• Master's Degree in "Management of Programs for the Prevention, Surveillance and Control of Infections Related to the Health System", 2010/2011 edition by the Fundación IL3 of the University of Barcelona.
• Own Master's Degree in "Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Treatment", 2015/2016 edition by the CEU - Cardenal Herrera University.
• Doctor of Medicine from the University of Barcelona (2021). Title: Resistant Enterobacteriaceae causing febrile urinary tract infection: Risk factors and role of out-of-hospital parenteral antibiotic treatment.

Professional Experience:

• Associate of the Emergency Department of the Hospital de Barcelona (2006-2007).
• Associate of the Internal Medicine Service of the Hospital de Martorell (2007-2009).
• Associate of the Internal Medicine Service of the Fundació Hospital de l'Esperit Sant de Santa Coloma de Gramenet (2009-2020).
• Associate of the Internal Medicine Service of the General University Hospital of Catalonia (2020-2021).
• Director of the Internal Medicine Service of the HM Nou Delfos Hospital (2021-act).

Scientific and Teaching Activity:

• Teaching collaborator of Medicine at the University of Barcelona (2009-2020).
• Teaching collaborator of Medicine at the International University of Catalonia (2021).
• Member of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI) and the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).

Areas of Professional Interest:

• Community infectious pathology and related health care.
• Tuberculosis.