Professional Experience Dr. Guerra Azcona

Curriculum Vitae

Registration Number: 282860649. Medical Association of Madrid

1989 - 1995. Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (BM, BCh) awarded by Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

1995 - 2000. He worked for the Minimally Invasive General Surgery Unit at Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo 39 (formerly, Hospital San Camilo), within Dr. Guerra Flechas team, where he began his training in Laparoscopic Surgery.

2000 - 2006. He worked for the General Surgery and Hepatic Transplantation Department at Hospital Curry Cabral in Lisbon, where he completed his speciality in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Hepatic Transplantation, by taking part in more than 250 transplants. During this period, he also brought Minimally Invasive Thyroid Surgery procedures to this centre, where he completed 80 medical interventions of this kind between 2004 and 2006. He also attended numerous conferences and was the author of several publications on General Surgery, focusing on the area of Hepatic Transplantation.

2006 - Present date. He joined Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo 39 (formerly, Hospital San Camilo), as Co-head of the Surgical Emergency Department, along with Dr. Guerra Flecha. Both introduced the concept of Digestive System Comprehensive Assistance, by combining the specialities of Gastroenterology (Dr. Guerra Flecha) and General and Laparoscopic Surgery (Dr. Guerra Flecha and Dr. Guerra Azcona).

2006 - Present date. He contributed as a surgeon to the Cancer Area at Fundación Tejerina (by implanting reservoirs for Chemotherapy).

2007 - Present date. He was appointed as member of the Hospital Infection Control Committee at Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo 39 (formerly, Hospital San Camilo).

2010. CMED, Centro Médico-Quirúrgico de Enfermedades Digestivas (Digestive Diseases Medical and Surgical Centre), is founded and Dr. Guerra Azcona introduces the concept of "High-resolution consultations" in the area of Gastroenterology and General Surgery, in order to streamline and optimise the care provided to patients of these specialities.

Medical Associations

- Asociación Espańola de Cirujanos (Spanish Association of Surgeons)
- Sociedad Portuguesa de Cirugía

Hobbies

Dr. Guerra Azcona devotes his spare time to his wife and four children and to his hobbies, including cooking, skiing and golfing.

What is your opinion about the current state of this medical speciality? What about its future?

Currently, we have to move towards efficiency and highly specialised medical consultations, in order to provide patients with the highest efficiency in diagnosing, and with greater time and resource optimisation. The field of private medicine requires going "beyond" the traditional approach of one-doctor consultations. Coordinated multidisciplinary teams are necessary to "solve" patients conditions without wasting their time having to attend several centres in order to run all the required diagnostic tests.
In the particular context of the Digestive System, I feel integrating all those specialities involved in these types of diseases is essential to provide patients with a "comprehensive response".

What do you like the most about this career? What about CMED?

What I like the most about my career is that, since it is vocational, it brings fulfilment to my life, both professionally and personally.

Regarding CMED, as its Co-founder, I find the spirit and values behind its creation to be the aspects that appeal to me the most about the project. Also the firm commitment to offer patients the possibility to run their consultation, diagnosis and treatment with the same multidisciplinary team, so that all professionals involved can be well aware of the medical condition afflicting each patient. This is the reason why CMED is staffed by gastroenterologists, radiologists, experts in Traditional and Endoscopic Techniques of the Digestive System, as well as by a team of general surgeons.