Centro Médico Teknon
Centro Médico Teknon
Spain, Barcelona
César García Madrid
33 years of experience
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Dr. Xavier Centeno Fornies trained in colorectal surgery at the prestigious Mayo Clinic – bringing advanced techniques to his practice at Centro Médico Teknon.
Dr. César Canales has led General and Digestive Surgery and the Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Unit at Hospital Ruber Internacional (Madrid) since 2015. He is a General and Digestive Surgeon with over 30 years of experience. He specializes in laparoscopic and Da Vinci robotic surgery for complex abdominal, oncologic, and abdominal wall cases.
He holds a PhD (cum laude, UAM) and an MD (with honors, UCM). He completed his specialist training at Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. He is also certified by the Military Medical Corps. He has authored over 70 publications and 12 book chapters, including the Manual of Surgery (McGraw-Hill). He has served as faculty in more than 16 courses. Awards include Forbes Top 100 Doctors (2024), Top 5 General and Digestive Surgeons in Spain (2021–2024), La Razón Doctor of the Year (2024), and El Confidencial Best Doctors in Spain (2025).
The doctor received training in Family Medicine at Laval University in Quebec and has 15 years of experience in Emergency Medicine at McGill and University of Montreal Teaching Hospitals. The doctor has published numerous articles, served on various committees, and held a lecturer position in Family Medicine at the University of Montreal.
Currently based in Madrid, Spain, the doctor sees patients at private medical offices, teaches at St. Pablo CEU Medical School, and serves as a medical advisor for the European Space Agency. Additionally, the doctor is the National Consulting Physician in Spain for Air France and KLM airlines and is the Chief of the Executive Health Program at the Hospital de Madrid.
The doctor is a renowned expert in angiology, vascular, and endovascular surgery, specializing in minimally-invasive treatments and conventional surgery for aortic aneurysm disease, chronic lower extremity ischemia, and varicose veins.
A pioneer in the non-surgical treatment of varicose veins using endoluminal radiofrequency and VenaSeal, the doctor has been the Director of the Vascular Institute Garcia-Madrid at Centro Médico Teknon since 2005.
With over 200 published papers on endovascular surgery, the doctor has received multiple awards including the Prize of the Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Fernando-Martorell Award, and Goyanes Award.