Best craniostenosis doctors in Spain: TOP 2 doctors

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Fahad Mawlood
Gerardo Conesa Bertran
  • 4.7 Excellent 409 reviews
  • 40 years of experience
  • accreditation:
  • Spain, Barcelona, Centro Médico Teknon
  • 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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Roberto Martínez Álvarez
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  • 41 years of experience
  • Spain, Madrid, Hospital Ruber Internacional
  • Experience

    • -Head of the Department of Functional Neurosurgery and Radiosurgery at Ruber International Hospital since 2005 .
    • - Neurosurgeon in the Radiosurgery Department of Ruber International Hospital since 1993 .
    • -Work experience at Puerta de Hierro Clinic, Madrid (1985–1989) .

    Scientific and teaching activities

    • -180 publications in national and international medical journals.
    • 60 articles in leading international journals with high impact factor.
    • - Participation in 230 scientific conferences as a speaker, including 100 invited presentations at international symposia.
    • -Author : 3 published books and 22 chapters in scientific papers.
    • - Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid .

    Internships in international centers

    • - La Timone Hospital, Marseille (France) – 2000, 2010, 2015.
    • -Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm (Sweden) – 1993, 1996.
    • - Birmingham Hospital, UK – 1987

    Membership in scientific societies

    • - Member of the International Society of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (ISRS) , is a member of the Executive Council and the Educational Committee .
    • - Member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons of the United States and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons .
    • -Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Asturias, Spain .

    Languages of practice

    • -Spanish
    • -English
    • -French

    Pathologies

    -Benign brain tumors: meningiomas and neuromas:

    -Cerebral vascular malformations:

    -Obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment operations:

    -Operations to combat nervous anorexia:

    Publications

    2023 | Stereotactic radiosurgery for Kuss grade IV vestibular schwannoma in patients ≥ 65 years: a multi-institutional retrospective study Acta Neurochirurgica 165: 211–220,

    2022 | Stereotactic radiosurgery for Kues grade IV vestibular schwannoma in young patients: a multi-institutional study Journal of Neuro-Oncology 160: 201–208.

    2022 | Stereotactic radiosurgery versus active surveillance for asymptomatic, parafalcine, and parasagittal meningiomas: a matched cohort analysis from the IMPASSE Neurosurgery 90:750–757

    2022| Active surveillance versus stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of patients with incident frontobasal meningioma - A subanalysis of the IMPASSE Cancers (Basel) trial. Mar 3;14(5):1300.

    2022| Gamma Knife Outcomes and Recommendations and Complications: Patai fond Kuala Lumpur

    2022| Radiosurgery for Mental Disorders LGKA Marsella

    2022| The Role of SRS in Anorexia Nervosa ISRS Milan

    2022| Expanding the indications for gamma knife radiosurgery Neuroonc and Rs Symp Malasia

    2022 | Pituitary Adenoma: Conservative in Surgical Abortion Simp CUF Lisbo

    Awards and certificates

    2019|National Medical Prize XXI in the field of neurosurgery.

    2018 | Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology

    2015 | Factory Award torn away from the International Society of Stereotactic and Radiosurgery

    2012 | Correspondent of the Real Medical Academy of Asturias.

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