Gerardo Conesa Bertran
Specialty: Neurosurgeon, Pediatric neurosurgeon, Oncologist
Experience: 39 years
Clinic: Teknon Medical Center
Admission fee: from 625$
About doctor Gerardo Conesa Bertran
Gerardo Conesa Bertrand is a director of the Institute of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology in Teknon Medical Center. Dr. Bertrand specializes in minimally invasive spinal surgery, the removal of spinal tumors and the surgical treatment of epilepsy in children and adults.
The doctor has extensive experience in surgery of highly functional areas, he performs operations on the brain (neurosurgery in consciousness).
Gerardo Conesa Bertran conducts research in the field of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in anorexia.
Doctor’s specialty
The main areas of medical practice:
- Operations for tumors of the brain and spinal cord;
- Vascular neurosurgery;
- Surgery of arteriovenous malformations and aneurysms;
- Neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy;
- Parkinson’s disease neurosurgery;
- Neurosurgery for mental disorders.
Work experience:
1985 – 2003 – Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Belvitge, Barcelona, Spain;
2003 – 2007 – Clinical Director, Neurosurgical Department, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona;
2007 – 2020 – Director of the Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona;
Since 2021 – Director of the Institute of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology at Teknon Medical Center.
Doctor’s education
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1982
Diploma in the University of Barcelona, specialization – physician;
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1990
Specialization in neurosurgery in Hospital de Belvitge.
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Defense of a doctoral dissertation on the topic «Neoplasms in highly functional zones of the central nervous system».
Advanced training courses
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1982
Loyola University Hospital, Chicago, USA;
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1989
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA;
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1993
University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, USA;
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1996
Washington University Hospital, Seattle, USA.
Membership in medical associations
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Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC);
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American Society of Neurosurgery (AANS);
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Walter Dandy Community (American scientist, founder of neurosurgery);
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European Association for Neurosurgery (EANS).
Achievements and awards
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Author of 60 scientific publications, speaker at 180 medical congresses and meetings;
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Principal Investigator of the Sylvius Project «Application of Virtual Reality in Neurosurgery».
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