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Cinthia Quintanila Arboleda Specialist in Thoracic Surgery. Primarily dedicated to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of lung diseases and of mediastinal, pleural and chest wall conditions, with a particular focus on the treatment of lung cancer using minimally invasive surgery.

Dr. Cinthia Quintanila Arboleda

Specialist in Thoracic Surgery.
Primarily dedicated to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of lung diseases and of mediastinal, pleural and chest wall conditions, with a particular focus on the treatment of lung cancer using minimally invasive surgery.

Works at: Navarre headquarters
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Professional career

Medical degree (Médica Cirujana) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (2018).

Master's degree in Integration of Medical Knowledge and its Application to Clinical Problem Solving from the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM) (2020).

Specialist in Thoracic Surgery, trained at the Central University Hospital of Asturias (2026).

Specialist in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Clinical research in thoracic surgery aimed at improving the safety and outcomes of the surgical treatment of thoracic diseases.

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Surgical treatment of lung cancer.
  • Minimally invasive chest surgery.
  • Benign lung diseases requiring surgery.
  • Diseases of the pleura, mediastinum and chest wall.
  • Assessment of surgical risk before thoracic surgery.

Activity

In research

  • Collaborating researcher in the Spanish Nosocomial Infection Prevalence Study (EPINE), 2022 and 2025 editions.
  • Co-author of the chapter «Patología pulmonar congénita quirúrgica» (Surgical congenital lung disease), in the benign lung disease section of the Manual MIR de Cirugía Torácica, 2025 edition.
  • Author of the clinical case «Tumor fibroso solitario gigante, un reto diagnóstico y quirúrgico. ¿Hasta qué punto tratarlos como lesiones benignas?» (Giant solitary fibrous tumour: a diagnostic and surgical challenge), published in the book of the 1st Clinical Case Competition of the Medical Association of Asturias (2024).
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Scientific organizations

  • Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT), associate member.
  • Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR), associate member.
  • European Respiratory Society (ERS), associate member.