Who We Are?
The medical team of CMED is formed by a multidisciplinary group of medical professionals related to the digestive system and with the diagnosis of their diseases.
Gastroenterologists, children's digestives, general and digestive surgeons, specialists in endoscopy and functional digestive tests, radiologists and psychologists. All work together to give a service and a personalized treatment to our patients.
Dra. Castillo Grau
Dra. Castillo Grau
"Liver pathology is the condition that appeals the most to me and that, in my opinion, has a brighter future ahead"
Registration Number with the Medical Association of Madrid: 282838803
She is a gastroenterologist, who specialises in functional testing. Currently, Dr. Castillo Grau is Head of CMEDs Functional Testing Department.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEProfessional Experience Dra. Castillo Grau
Curriculum Vitae
Registration Number: 282838803. Medical Association of Madrid
1981-1987. Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (BM, BCh) awarded by the School of Medicine within Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
1988. Bachelor of Medicine (BM) awarded by the School of Medicine within Universidad Complutense de Madrid; final exam grade: distinction.
1991 - 1995. PhD programme by the School of Medicine within Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
1985 - 1987. Student within the Internal Medicine Department at Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos (university hospital), in Madrid.
1990 - 1993. Specialization (residency training) in Gastroenterology at University Hospital "La Paz", (university hospital), in Madrid.
1996. Trained within the Digestive Functional Testing Unit of the Gastroenterology Department at Hospital Ramón y Cajal.
Attending physician within the Gastroenterology Department at Hospital 12 de Octubre, in Madrid, for eleven months. During this period, she conducted outpatient and digestive endoscopy consultations, and completed on-call shifts for the latter speciality.
Attending physician within the Gastroenterology Department at Hospital de la Princesa for six months.
1997 - Present date. Attending physician within the Gastroenterology Department at University Hospital "La Paz", (university hospital), in Madrid.
2000 - She started the Functional Testing Unit at Hospital Universitario "La Paz", (university hospital), in Madrid.
2008 - Present date. Mentor for residents within the Gastroenterology Department at Hospital Universitario "La Paz", (university hospital), in Madrid.
2010 - Present date. Head of CMEDs Digestive Functional Testing Unit.
Courses and Lectures
- Collaborator teacher at the School of Medicine within Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Chair of Medical Pathology.
- Lecturer for fifteen PhD courses at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
- Ongoing training courses for primary care doctors.
- More than thirty publications in national and international journals..
- Speaker at forty national congresses and five international ones..
- She has taken part in several clinical trials.
Hobbies
Her main interests are travelling, reading and doing sport. Dr. Castillo Grau is married with two children.
What is your opinion about the current state of this medical speciality? What about its future?
Digestive medicine has undergone many dramatic changes in recent years, both regarding diagnostic test and precision and new treatments available nowadays It is also the case that, currently, there is an increasing trend towards conducting more diagnostic tests to choose the most suitable treatment, given that new drugs already on the market deal with many conditions that previously required surgical treatment..
On the other hand, there are other conditions for which surgical repair was not previously indicated, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, but that, however, nowadays are dealt with new accurate surgical techniques, which involve minimal morbidity and dramatically improve the general quality of life of patients.
Better understanding of epidemiology, risk factors and the natural evolution of digestive neoplasms makes it necessary to implement screening programmes among general and high-risk groups, which create more work for gastroenterologists.
In recent years, the trend in medical and nursing sciences has been towards the creation of multidisciplinary working groups, which regarding this speciality mainly comprise a gastroenterologist, a digestive surgeon, a radiologist and, in certain cases, an oncologist.
What do you like the most about this career? What about CMED?
I really enjoy providing assistance to patients, establishing direct contact with them. I like conducting diagnostic tests related to my speciality..
Liver pathology is the condition that appeals the most to me and that, in my opinion, has a brighter future ahead, due to new treatments.
This project is incredibly interesting given its comprehensive approach towards diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of those patients with digestive conditions, which is provided by a multidisciplinary team, which increases the quality and efficacy of care.
Medical Specialties
What makes us different?
As we have a comprehensive team of professionals and equipment, we have total control over the process and this provides us with:
- Flexibility to adapt processes depending on the urgency and need of each case
- Control of quality standards of tests and diagnosis made
- Reduction of time between the first visit and treatment
- Greater certainty for the patient in the management of personal data which guarantees greater privacy
- Daily communication between all members of the team which guarantees and speeds up the most appropriate medical and surgical
CMED is a centre founded by physicians for physicians and therefore:
- Management decisions are always made within the framework of medical excellence. Medical decisions are never compromised by profitability/cost reasons
- The quality of the service is the maximum priority
- The human team chosen is of the highest level and the equipment is of the latest generation
- Represents total integration of digestive surgeons with digestive physicians
Medical Digestive Units and Super specialities
The multidisciplinary team of CMED, led by Drs Guerra Flecha and Guerra Azcona, is organized in medical units and super specialities aimed at providing our clients with the best attention and service.
If you wish to know which are the super specialities of each of our professionals click here: digestive specialities.