Key facts and achievements
- - More than 20 years of experience in the treatment of complex pathologies of the brain using Gamma Knife radiosurgery , including functional disorders and tumor diseases.
- -Works in a team with Dr. Roberto Martinez Alvarez , a world-leading neurosurgeon and Gamma Knife specialist, providing a unique multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
- - International experience : Studied and collaborated with leading global institutions, including the Gregorio Marañon in Madrid and the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris.
Specialization
- More than 7,000 patients have been treated in the Radiosurgery Department, including:
- - Benign tumors : meningiomas, schwannomas, pituitary adenomas.
- - Malignant pathologies : brain metastases and CNS tumors.
- - Vascular pathologies : arteriovenous malformations, cavernomas and fistulas.
- - Functional disorders : refractory epilepsy, tremor, trigeminal neuralgia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Scientific and professional activities
- - Member of the international Gamma Knife Consortium , led by the University of Pittsburgh .
- - Author of scientific research and protocols for the treatment of cancer using radiotherapy.
- - Participated in the development of the innovative project "Fusion of Medical Images" as part of oncology research.
Experience
2002-present | Attached to the Department of Gamma Radiosurgery and Functional Neurosurgery of Ruber International Hospital.
2002-2007 | Assistant, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ruber International Hospital.
2002| Medical Affairs Manager Medical Department Janssen-Cilag, SA Madrid
Qualification
2012|Doctor of Medicine and Surgery Madrid. Department of Surgery, Autonomous University of Madrid. Spain
2001 | Specialist in Radiation Oncology at the Gregorio Marañón University Hospital in Madrid. Training completed at the Gustave-Roussy Institute in Paris in 2000.
1995 | Graduate of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Complutense University of Madrid. Spain.
2016-present | Member of the Ruber International Hospital Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Team, International Gamma Knife Consortium: Led by the Pittsburgh Hospital.
1999-2000| Project Manager: "Protocol for Pamidronate Treatment of Breast Cancer Patients with Predominantly Lytic Bone Metastases"
1999 | GICOR Study: "Incidence of Anemia in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy"
1999 | GICOR study: "Androgen deprivation protocol associated with radiation therapy for localized high-risk prostate cancer"
1997-2001|Participant (collaborator) in the research project (FIS FELLOWSHIP): "Multimodal fusion of medical images in oncology" at HGU Gregorio Marañon. Project leader: Dr. Desco Menéndez.
Teaching :
2018-present|Professor of the International Master of Radiosurgery of the Central Nervous System at the Complutense University of Madrid.
2020-present|Professor at the School of Radiosurgery of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgeons.
2017-2019|Professor of the Master of Radiosurgery and Clinical Stereotactic Radiotherapy of the Spanish Society of Radiation Oncology.
2017 - 2022| Member of the Dissertation Committee in Radiosurgery three times at the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Complutense University of Madrid.
2011-2012|Professor, International Master's Program in Advanced Technological Applications in Radiation Oncology, 3rd ed.
2001-2002|Associate Professor of Dentistry at the Alfonso X El Sabio University.
1998 - 2001|Professor of the secondary school I.E. Technical and vocational school of health K.A.M. (Radiation oncology technicians and archival technicians).
Publications
2022|Stereotactic radiosurgery of obsessive-compulsive disorders. Chapter. 25. Book: Intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery. ed. 2022. Pages: 251-256.
2022|Active monitoring and stereotactic radiosurgery provide a low risk of symptoms associated with incident frontobasal meningioma, but stereotactic radiosurgery provides better radiological control – a subanalysis of the IMPASSE trial. Cancers 2022; 14(5).1300. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14164047
2022|Stereotactic radiosurgery for Kuss grade IV vestibular schwannoma: a multi-institutional study. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2022 Jun 3; DOI: 10.3171/2022.4.JNS22203.
2022|Stereotactic radiosurgery for Rathke's cleft cyst: an international multicenter study. J Neurosurg 137: 1041–1046, 2022. DOI: 10.3171/2021.12.JNS212108.
2021|Surgery and radiosurgery in autism: a retrospective study on 10 patients. Stereotactic Function Neurosurgery. 2021;99(6):474–483. 15.
Presentations
2019| "Other indications in malignant tumor pathology" Cranial Radiosurgery Conference. Valencia 2019.
2018| Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Concept, Equipment and Treatment Description I Scientific Conference on Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Madrid, 2018
2018|Radiotherapy and protons in children. XX meeting of the SENEC Working Group on Neuro-Oncology:. Madrid.
2015| "Visualization monitoring of response and complications of brain treatment". XVIII National Congress of S.E.O.R. Valencia
2015 | Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy Associated with Nodular Heterotopia: Long-Term Safety and Efficacy. Congress of the Spanish Society of Neurology.
Communities it belongs to:
-SER, Spanish Society of Radiosurgery (she currently serves on the Board of Directors as Treasurer)
-SEOR, Spanish Society of Oncological Radiotherapy: Working Groups "Brain Tumors (NEUROONCOR)" and "Radiation Oncology Activities in the Private Sector"
-SSRI, International Society for Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Member of the Oncology Group of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC).
Dr. Nuria Martínez Moreno , working in tandem with Dr. Roberto Martínez Álvarez, combines expert oncology knowledge and high-precision radiosurgery technology , providing patients with the most advanced and effective treatment in Spain.
