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Imagen de la Dra. María Rodríguez Pérez, especialista en Cirugía Torácica de la Clínica Universidad de Navarra. La Dra. Rodríguez se dedica preferencialmente al cáncer de pulmón, cirugía mínimamente invasiva, especialmente robótica. Timomas y tumores tímicos. Además, es coordinadora del Área de Cáncer de Pulmón del Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

Dr. María Rodríguez

Coordinator of the Lung Cancer Unit at the Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
Specialist in Thoracic Surgery.
Primary focus on lung cancer, minimally invasive surgery, especially robotic surgery. Thymomas and thymic tumors

Works at: Madrid headquarters
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Professional career

Medical degree, Complutense University of Madrid, 2004-2010.

Training stay at UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), 2011.

Training stay at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (minimally invasive surgery), 2013.

Training stay at University of Chicago Medicine (esophageal disease), 2013.

Training stay at Aahrus University Medical Center (pectus excavatum), 2014.

Training stay at Vienna General Hospital (lung transplantation), 2015.

Thoracic Surgery residency at Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Spain, 2011-2016.

EBTS (European Board of Thoracic Surgery), 2016.

Harvard Medical School–Dana-Farber Cancer Institute collaborator, 2016-2018.

AATS (American Association for Thoracic Surgery) Certification in Robotic Surgery, 2018.

Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital–Harvard Medical School–Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2016-2018

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Director of the patient-centered care group of the ESTS (European Society of Thoracic Surgeons).
  • Member of the ESTS Robotic Surgery Interest Group.
  • Section Editor for Thoracic Surgery at Annals of Translational Medicine.

Research lines

  • Outcomes and quality improvement in Thoracic Surgery
  • Fast Track and ERAS (Enhanced Recovery) in Thoracic Surgery
  • Patient safety
  • Perioperative risk
  • Preoperative assessment
  • Early diagnosis and individualized treatment of lung cancer

AREAS OF INTEREST

Activity

In teaching

  • Collaborating faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
  • Collaborator with the AATS in the development of educational content for residents and fellows on its website.
  • Simulation courses at STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School).
  • Collaboration in teaching students at the University of Salamanca.

In research

She has contributed to 14 articles published in national and international scientific journals.

She has delivered more than 50 lectures and conference presentations at national and international meetings related to her specialty.

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Acknowledgement

  • The only European thoracic surgeon with the American certificate in robotic surgery.

Scientific organizations

  • Member of the ESTS (European Society of Thoracic Surgeons).
  • Member of EACTS (European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery).
  • Member of SECT (Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery).
  • Member of SEPAR (Spanish Society of Respiratory Pathology).