Best doctors in Spain: TOP 5 doctors

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Fahad Mawlood
Carlos Ballesta Lopez
  • 4.7 Excellent 403 reviews
  • 44 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Spain, Barcelona, Centro Médico Teknon
  • Dr. Carlos Ballesta López is a top specialist in pancreatic cancer treatment, general and digestive surgery with 30+ years of experience. He is a pioneer in laparoscopic surgery, which reduces pain and recovery time for patients. He has performed over 12,000 operations of abdominal and digestive surgery by laparoscopy, and has organized courses of laparoscopic surgery for Spanish and foreign surgeons. He has a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Granada (1973), Medical specialist in General Surgery (1977) and Gastroenterology (1979), and is currently the Director of the Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center.

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Gastroectomy
$41,714 - $52,143
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Gastric band
$17,729 - $19,814
Juan Ybarra Munoz
  • 4.7 Excellent 403 reviews
  • Spain, Barcelona, Centro Médico Teknon
  • Oncologist, Gastroenterologist

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Gastroectomy
$41,714 - $52,143
Doctor's visit
Price on request
Gastric band
$17,729 - $19,814
Alberto Diez-Caballero Alonso
  • 4.7 Excellent 403 reviews
  • 32 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Spain, Barcelona, Centro Médico Teknon
  • General and digestive tract surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Has held Associate Clinical Lecturer and Lecturer positions at the University of Navarre School of Medicine. Member of the Spanish Association of Surgeons, Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery, and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery.

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Gastroectomy
$41,714 - $52,143
Doctor's visit
Price on request
Gastric band
$17,729 - $19,814
Gontrand López-Nava
  • 4.6 Excellent 16 reviews
  • Spain, Madrid, HM Hospitales
  • Dr. Gontrand Lopez-Nava is a leading Spanish physician specializing in endoscopic techniques for obesity treatment and works as the Director of the Department for Endoscopic Treatment of Obesity at HM Hospital Universitario Sanchinarro, as well as an assisting physician of the emergency care unit. He is a Professor of Medicine at CEU San Pablo University, Madrid, and a member of several medical societies.

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Gema Frübecke
  • 5 Excellent 6 reviews
  • Spain, Pamplona, Clinica Universidad de Navarra (Navarra Hospital)
  • Director of Obesity Therapy Department

    Specialist in endocrinology and nutrition

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