Our professionals
Dr. José Manuel Aramendía
Specialist in Medical Oncology
Primary focus on gynecologic, breast, and brain tumors.
Works at:
Navarre headquarters
Be part of:
Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Professional career
Degree (1989) and PhD (2011) in Medicine and General Surgery, University of Navarra. Specialist in Medical Oncology (1994), Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
Coordinator of the Gynecologic Tumors Area.
RESEARCH AREAS
- Participation in two publicly funded research projects as a collaborating investigator.
- Participation in seven clinical trials in breast, gynecologic, and brain tumors, serving as principal investigator in three of them.
- Reviewer for the journal Farmacia Hospitalaria.
- Participation in the SOLTI academic breast cancer research group.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Achieve excellence in the treatment of breast, gynecologic, and brain tumors through the development of new multidisciplinary therapeutic approaches, with particular interest in immunotherapy and pharmacologic treatments.
- Improve the efficacy–toxicity balance of antitumor drugs by developing pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic programs in oncology.
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) perfusion in Sugarbaker-type surgeries.
Activity
In teaching
- Associate Clinical Professor involved in undergraduate teaching at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarra, and in graduate teaching for the Master’s in Geriatric Pharmaceutical Care at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Navarra.
- Supervisor of undergraduate final projects (bachelor’s theses) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarra.
In research
- Co-author of 26 articles published in national and international medical journals.

Scientific organizations
- Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM).
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
- Member of the Technical Committee of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) in Navarra.