Our professionals
Dr. Antonio Bazán Álvarez
Director of the Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery.
Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery.
Professional career
Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra (1983-1989).
Resident Physician in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Clínica Universitaria de Navarra (1990-1994); via MIR. 1989 call.
PhD in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra, 1995.
Specialist in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, from 1995 to 2002.
Director of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, from November 1, 1997, to 2008.
Head of the Department of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery at the Navarra Hospital Complex – Navarra Health Service, from 2008 to 2020.
RESEARCH AREAS
Has participated in 5 R&D research projects funded through public calls.
Has supervised 4 doctoral theses.
Has developed a currently active patent:
- “Nasal Spreader Grafts Forceps”, developed in collaboration with Ansabere Surgical S.L. (Noain-Esquíriz Industrial Park, Navarra).
Catalog reference E-0714.
Utility model: 2015.
Activity
In teaching
- Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarra, from September 1996 to April 1999, and from July 2008 to the present.
- Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarra, from April 1999 to July 2008.
- Resident Tutor in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, from January 1996 to January 2002.
In research
- Has published more than 30 scientific articles in international journals.
- Author of 3 books and co-author of 7 book chapters.
- Has presented over 50 lectures at national and international conferences and numerous oral and written communications.
- Has organized several national and international scientific meetings.
Scientific organizations
- Full Member of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE) since 1990.
- Board Member of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, representing the SVNRA, during the 1999–2000 term.
- Board Member for “Private Healthcare” of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery during the 2004–2006 term.
- Member of the Ethical Committee of the Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (2000–2004).
- Member of the Basque-Navarre-Rioja-Aragonese Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SVNRA) since 1990.
- Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Basque-Navarre-Rioja-Aragonese Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SVNRA) during the 1995–1996 and 1997–1998 terms.
- President of the Basque-Navarre-Rioja-Aragonese Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SVNRA) during the 2003–2005 term.
- Board Member of the National Commission for Training in the Specialty of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, representing the Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs (2002–2006).