O Connor Reina
- Specialization: ENT doctor
- 21 years of experience
- Speaks:English, Spanish
- Online consultations: available
- Workplace: Spain, Marbella, Quirónsalud Marbella
- First in Spain to place a soft palate implant and author of the world's first app for sleep apnea treatment via telemedicine.
Dr. O Connor Reina is an ENT surgeon at Quirónsalud Marbella in Spain. He specializes in sleep respiratory disorders and sleep apnea treatment. He was the first doctor in Spain to place a soft palate implant. Dr. Reina also developed the world’s first telemedicine app for sleep apnea care.
- Co-directs the ENT units at Quironsalud Marbella and Quironsalud Campo de Gibraltar.
- Introduced myofunctional therapy to Spanish sleep units for obstructive sleep apnea.
- Authored the first European report on lateral pharyngoplasty techniques.
- President of the Spanish Commission of the Spanish Society of Respiratory Disorders.
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Doctor's services
- Cochlear implant placement
- Tonsillectomy
- Stapedectomy
- Tympanoplasty
- Embolization for Epistaxis
- Prosthetic nose
- Voice feminization surgery
- Intervention to laryngeal polyps with endolaryngeal microsurgery
- Adenoid Removal
- Nasal polyp surgery
- Cleft Lip or Palate Repair
- Prosthetic ear
- Voice masculinization surgery
- Brainstem evoked response audiometry
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Qualifications
Dr. O'Connor Reina is an ENT specialist and the first doctor in Spain to place a soft palate implant. He developed the world’s first telemedicine app for sleep apnea treatment. He is also the President of the Spanish Commission of the Spanish Society of Respiratory Disorders.
Specialization and Sleep Medicine
Dr. O'Connor Reina treats sleep respiratory disorders and performs head and neck surgery. These procedures include surgery for hearing loss, sleep apnea, nasal polyps, and deviated septums. He also performs cochlear implants, tympanoplasty, and voice surgery.
The specialist introduced myofunctional therapy to Spanish sleep units to treat obstructive sleep apnea. This therapy provides a way to improve muscle function in the airway. He also authored the first manuscript on using radiofrequency for nasal turbinate hypertrophy in children. His work includes study of the ear, upper airways, salivary glands, and oral cavity.
Professional Achievements
- First expansion pharyngoplasty in Spain (2010).
- First lateral pharyngoplasty in Europe (2010).
- First European report on the advantages of injection snoreplasty (2005).
- First publication in Spain regarding soft palate implants (2006).
- Developed the first mobile application for sleep apnea telemedicine.
Work Experience
- Co-Director of the Otorhinolaryngology Unit – Quirónsalud Marbella Hospital (since 2006).
- Co-Director of the Otorhinolaryngology Unit – Quirónsalud Campo de Gibraltar Hospital (since 2006).
- Lecturer in Otorhinolaryngology – Faculty of Medicine, University of Seville.
Research and Publications
Dr. O'Connor Reina serves as an international reviewer for several scientific journals. These include Nature and Science of Sleep, Laryngoscope, and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. He also reviews for Plos One and the International Journal of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology. Furthermore, he contributes as a reviewer for Spanish Acta ORL and Stockholm Acta ORL.
Professional Memberships
- President of the Spanish Commission of the Spanish Society of Respiratory Disorders.
- European Sleep Research Society.
- American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology.
- Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology.
- Ibero-American Society of Otorhinolaryngology.
- Andalusian Society of Otorhinolaryngology.
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