Our professionals
Dr. Fernando Díez-Caballero Alonso
Head of the Department of Urology at the Pamplona location. Specialist in Urology.
Preferential dedication to oncologic, minimally invasive and reconstructive urologic surgery. Da Vinci laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
Professional career
Graduate (1990) in Medicine and Surgery from the University of the Basque Country and Doctor (1999) in Medicine and Surgery by the University of Navarra. Specialist in Urology by the Clínica Universidad de Navarra in the years 1995-99.
He has made training stays in the Department of Urology at the University of Miami (USA, 1999) with the Scholarship "Urology & Teaching", the University of Strasbourg (France, 2003- 2004) Diplôme D'Université de Chirurgie Laparoscopique and the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and the University of Caceres (2005) with the Scholarship Spanish Association of Urology.
Head of Section of Urology at the Hospital de Manacor in Mallorca (2007- 2012). Co-responsible of the Advanced Urological Laparoscopy Unit (UNILAURO) in the Balearic Islands.
Introduction of the laparoscopic urological program in the public and private clinical activity: Nephrectomy (2004), Prostatectomy and Adrenal (2005), Cystectomy and partial nephrectomy (2006) and LESS Nephrectomy (2010).
Accredited training diploma in the "Da Vinci" Robot handling (2013).
Clinical Consultant of the Department of Urology since January 2013.
Deputy Director of the Department of Urology (responsible for the Pamplona Campus) since July 2021.
RESEARCH AREAS
Principal researcher in a clinical trial and co-researcher in 11 on prostatic hypertrophy, overactive bladder, prostate cancer and surgical techniques.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Laparoscopic, oncological, minimally invasive and reconstructive urological surgery.
New technologies (KTP "greenlight" prostate laser and "Da Vinci" robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery).
Renal transplantation.
Activity
As an educator
Professor of Urology (Andrology subject) University of Navarra (academic year 2013-2014).
Advisor students Faculty of Medicine University of Navarra.
Collaborator in Postgraduate training (Urology residents) of the Department of Urology.
Collaborating Professor at the University of Navarra since 2013, subjects of Urology, Pelvic Floor and differential diagnosis.
Responsible for Clinical Practice VI.
As a researcher
Several publications, oral presentations and surgical videos in national and regional congresses.
Scientific organizations
- Spanish Association of Urology.
- Member of the National Commission of the Specialty of Urology from 2014 to the present.
Latest scientific publications
- Short-term cultured tumor fragments to study immunotherapy combinations based on CD137 (4-1BB) agonism. Scientific Publication Jul 9, 2024 | Magazine: Oncoimmunology
- The development and validation of a new simulator for endourology May 4, 2023 | Magazine: Actas Urológicas Españolas