Antonio María de Lacy Fortuny
Specialty: Oncological surgeon
Experience: 41 years
Clinic: Quirónsalud Barcelona Hospital
Admission fee: from 600$
About doctor Antonio María de Lacy Fortuny
Antonio Maria de Lacy Fortuny is a distinguished Spanish surgeon specializing in gastrointestinal surgery. He is the Director of the Lasik Surgical Institute at the Quironsalud Clinic in Barcelona.
The doctor is widely known far beyond the country’s borders due to the fact that he was one of the first to perform surgical interventions through natural openings (and such operations in his practice account for about 95%).
The doctor has successfully performed more than 17,000 operations.
Professional experience
- 1988 – Assistant Surgeon at the Provincial Hospital of Barcelona.
- From 1996 to 2001 – Surgeon at the Provincial Hospital of Barcelona.
- From 1998 to 2003 – Associate Professor of the Department of Digestive and General Surgery at the University of Barcelona.
- From 2001 to 2003 – Professor, Consultant in Surgery and Member of the Advisory Board at the Provincial Hospital of Barcelona.
- From 2007 to 2009 – President of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery.
- The doctor is the founder and head of the General Surgery and Digestive Surgery Department at the Quironsalud Barcelona Hospital.
The doctor is actively involved in science and education.
Antonio Maria de Lacy Fortuny is the founder and lecturer at international courses in general, bariatric and colorectal surgery.
He holds the position of Professor of Surgery and Surgical Specialties at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona.
The doctor has written more than 19 chapters for textbooks, published more than 236 papers in scientific journals, of which more than 187 are in international publications with a global impact factor of 834.681.
Hirsch index 41.
The doctor practices in English, Spanish, Catalan and French.
Doctor’s specialty
The doctor specializes in laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgeries. He was the first doctor in Spain to perform an operation to remove the gallbladder through a natural opening (through the mouth), and also to remove a tumor in the rectum through the anus.
The doctor treats cancer of the following organs:
- gall bladder;
- intestines;
- heads of the pancreas;
- liver;
- rectum.
He also treats Paget’s disease, lung cysts, polycystic kidney disease, anal fistula and more.
Doctor’s education
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1986
Graduated from the University of Barcelona with a specialization in gastric and abdominal surgery.
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1987
Defense of doctoral dissertation.
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1991
Studying at EMORY University in Atlanta.
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Dr. Antonio María de Lacy Fortuny completed 9 months of postdoctoral training at Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco) and received specialization in liver transplantation and surgery.
Membership in medical associations
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International Society of Surgery (ISS).
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Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC).
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Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).
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European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP).
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Spanish Society of Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Diseases (SECO).
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American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS).
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Member of the Executive Board of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques (EAES).
Achievements and awards
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2012
Honorary Member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS).
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2017
SAGES International Ambassador Award.
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