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SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital

Passeig Sant Joan de Déu, 2, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat

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Lucas Krauel Giménez-Salinas

Pediatric surgeon
Head of the Oncological Surgery Unit

Expert in

Pediatric Surgery. Pediatric Oncological Surgery. Minimally Invasive Surgery

You will find me at

Languages

English, Spanish, Catalan, French

Training

  • PhD from the Universitat de Barcelona, thesis on 3D surgical planning studies for complex surgeries, 2017.
  • ECFMG-USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), 2012.
  • Specialist in Pediatric Surgery (through Resident Medical Internship training). SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, University of Barcelona, 2009.
  • Specialist in Pediatrics and its specific areas, with training as a Resident Medical Intern. Mútua de Terrassa University Hospital, Universitat de Barcelona, 2004.
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1998.

International experience

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
  • Fellow of the European Board of Paediatric Surgery (FEBPS).
  • Fellow Pediatric Surgical Oncology. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, USA, 2013.
  • Pediatric Surgery Department. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.

Scientific activity

  • Author and editor of the book Survival Handbook in Pediatric Surgical Oncology, 2024.
  • Participant in the QuiroFAM project on ‘Patient Derived Xenograph of Pediatric Tumors’ RIS3CAT, P ITTC European Consortium P4, 2017.
  • Surgical advisor in the study on biomedical nanofibres. Cebiotex, Barcelona, since 2014.
  • Principal investigator of the ‘Use of 3D modeling and 3D printing for surgical palnning’ RIS3CAT. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, since 2013.
  • Principal Investigator of the ‘Cirugía Oncológica Pediátrica’, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 2012.
  • Principal investigator of the ‘Importance of subspecialisation in paediatric oncological surgery for improving survival and quality of life of children with cancer’, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC), 2011.
  • Principal investigator of the ‘Response of the contralateral lung to tracheal occlusion in a model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia’ Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, 2009.
  • Participant in the ‘Study of vascular development and lung maturation in a model of diaphragmatic hernia in a rabbit foetus. Effect of foetal tracheal occlusion’, (FIS PI06 0585), Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, 2006.
  • Author of numerous articles published in Pubmed

Teaching

  • Associate Professor of Medicine at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2011-present.
  • Lecturer on the master's degree in Biomedicine at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2014-present.
  • Director of the master's degree in Paediatric Oncological Surgery at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2018-present.
  • Instructor in Pediatric Simulation certified by the Simulator Program Boston Children's Hospital, 2016-present.
  • Lecturer Expert 3D. Transversal Programme in Medical Image Postprocess, Training Professionals: 3D Printing to Research.

How to request a treatment in SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital

Our hospital is dedicated to comprehensive care for women, children and adolescents.