Our professionals
Dr. Rocío Rojí
Primary clinical focus on comprehensive care of patients with advanced disease
Professional career
Medical and Surgical degree from the Universidad de Navarra in 2003.
Specialist in Family and Community Medicine, 2007. Centro de Salud de Cizur and Hospital de Navarra.
Master’s degree in Palliative Care. Institut Català d’Oncologia–Universitat de Barcelona, 2007-2009.
Expert in Medical Ethics. Organización Médica Colegial–Fundación Ortega-Marañón. Madrid. 2013.
Attending physician on the Home Support Team of the Palliative Care Unit at Hospital San Juan de Dios in Pamplona from 2007 to 2013.
Collaborating Physician in Palliative Medicine at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra since January 2014.
PhD in Medicine from the Universidad de Navarra in 2018.
Honorary Lecturer in the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Team. University College London. 2018-2019.
Member of the Ethics and Medical Deontology Committee (CEDM) of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra
RESEARCH AREAS
- Asthenia in patients with advanced oncologic disease.
- End-of-life sedation.
- Medical education.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Comprehensive care for patients with advanced oncologic disease.
- Especially in the treatment of asthenia.
- Early care for patients with advanced kidney disease.
Activity
In teaching
- Collaborating Professor of Palliative Medicine, Department of Clinical Training, School of Medicine, Universidad de Navarra.
- She also collaborates in other courses such as Clinical Communication in the School of Medicine, Pain Psychology in the School of Psychology, and Deontology in the School of Sciences.
In research
- Primary research focus on cancer-related asthenia, medical education, and early Palliative Medicine intervention.
- Collaborator in the ATLANTES Project of the ICS, Universidad de Navarra.
- She collaborated in the multicenter clinical trial METILAS.
- She has published 6 articles in scientific journals and 2 book chapters.