Gerardo Conesa Bertran
- Specialization: Neurosurgeon
- 40 years of experience
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- Speaks:English, Spanish
- Online consultations: available
- Workplace: Spain, Barcelona, Centro Médico Teknon
- Director of the Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience in Teknon Medical Centre.
Dr. Conesa is a director of the Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience in Teknon Medical Centre, having obtained a medical degree from the University of Barcelona in 1982 and completed his specialization in neurosurgery at the University Hospital de Bellvitge in 1990. He has held internships in the USA and France, and worked in various hospitals in Barcelona since 1985. He is a member of professional organizations such as the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, the European Union Congress of Neurosurgeons, the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery, and the Walter Dandy Society.
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Doctor's services
- Discectomy
- Brain tumor removal
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery
- Craniotomy
- Transnasal resection of tumor
- Laminectomy
- Surgical treatment of radiculopathy
- Herniated disc surgery
- Excision of skull base tumor
- Trans-sphenoidal hypophysectomy (adenomectomy)
- Hydrocephalus surgeries, shunt surgeries
- Removal of herniated disc with preoperative diagnostic
- Brain tumor surgery
- Surgical removal of the brain cyst
- Surgery for syringomyelia
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
- Foraminotomy
- Brain Aneurysm Repair
- Brain Tumor Embolization
- Spine Tumor Embolization
- Vertebral Artery Angioplasty and Stenting
- Consultation with a neurosurgeon
- Revision of MRI results
- Online Consultation with Neurosurgeon
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Qualifications
Education:
Dr. Conesa holds a medical degree from the University of Barcelona in 1982. Completed his specialization in neurosurgery in 1990, at the University Hospital de Bellvitge. He defended his doctoral dissertation with honors on the topic "Surgical treatment of neoplasms in the highly functional zones of the central nervous system." Completed a full five-year cycle at EANS, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies.
Specialization:
- Tumors of the brain and spinal cord
- (extensive experience in surgery of highly functional areas,
- brain stem surgery, neurosurgery in consciousness).
- Vascular neurosurgery
- Surgery of arteriovenous malformations and aneurysms
- Neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy
- Neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease
- Neurosurgery for mental disorders
Scientific research:
- The origin of speech in the human brain.
- Development of computer platforms in augmented reality for planning and performing brain surgery in neurosurgery.
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS) in anorexia.
Internships:
- Loyola University Medical Hospital, Chicago, USA (1982);
- Massachusets General Hospital de Boston, USA (1989),
- CHR Pourpan de Toulouse, France (1991),
- University of Minnesota Hospital de Minneapolis, USA (1993),
- Washington University Hospital de Seattle, USA (1996).
Clinical work:
- 1985-1990: MIR Neurosurgery. Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona
- 1990-2003: Doctor of the Department of Neurosurgery.
- Hospital of Bellvitge, Barcelona
- 2003-2007: clinical director. Neurocirugía en Hospital Clínico, Barcelona
- 2007–2020: Director of the Department of Neurosurgery.
- Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
- 2018-2020: director of the neurosurgery department of hospitals.
- Hospital del Mar and Hospital dela Santa Creu i Sant Pau
- 2021: director of the Institute of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology Teknon Medical Centre.
Membership in scientific communities:
- The European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
- The European Union Congress of Neurosurgeons (CNS)
- The Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC)
- The Walter Dandy Society (Ambassador for Spain 2013-2015).
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