Dr. María Rodríguez is a thoracic surgeon specializing in lung cancer, patient safety, patient-reported outcomes, and minimally invasive surgery. She holds an MD from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a PhD from the Universidad de Salamanca. Dr. Rodríguez trained in various international hospitals, including Mount Sinai, Massachusetts General Hospital, UCSF, UCLA, Saint Thomas Hospital in London, and Saint Louis and La Laribossiere Hospitals in Paris.
During her residency at Salamanca University Hospital, Dr. Rodríguez published research on risk evaluation, results, and quality audits in thoracic surgery. She was recognized as the best resident by the Salamanca Academy of Medicine and obtained her USMLE certification. She later completed a fellowship in minimally invasive thoracic and foregut surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where she became an AATS Robotic Thoracic Surgical Fellow.
Dr. Rodríguez is currently attending the Thoracic Surgery Department at Clinica Universidad de Navarra in Madrid. She has developed the thoracic and esophageal robotic surgery programs and is actively involved in patient safety, operating room quality outcomes, the infection diseases commission, and the cost-efficiency and product selection group. Dr. Rodríguez is an Associate Clinical Professor and contributes to scientific research. She serves as a proctor for Abex/Intuitive, promoting safe robotic thoracic surgery implementation in Spain, and is a Thoracic Surgery reviewer for the scientific platform Cientifix.
In summary, Dr. Rodríguez is a young, motivated thoracic surgeon with expertise in clinical research, management, cost-effectiveness, standardization measures, safety, risk stratification, and quality outcomes in thoracic surgery.
Selected publications from PubMed
Fissios and postoperative complications (FPoC trial): a multicentre, randomised, controlled clinical trial.
Fraile Olivero CA, Sotillo Valenzuela L, Albarrán Vidal V, Barceló Cal JG, Alen Villamayor V, Hernando Trancho F, Fernández Martín E, Calatayud Gastardi J, Gómez Martínez AM, Arribas Manzanal PD, Santos P, Fernández Blanco R, Cal Vázquez MI, Milla Collado L, Rodríguez M, Perna V, Romero Roman A, Ordonez CA, Jarabo Sarceda JR
BMJ Open Respir Res. 2026 Jun 15;13(1) doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003269.
Reply regarding the European Respiratory Society and European Society of Thoracic Surgeons clinical practice guideline on fitness for curative intent treatment of lung cancer.
Brunelli A, Hardavella G, Huber RM, Berghmans T, Frille A, Rodriguez M, Tietzova I, Depypere L, Asteggiano R, Batchelor T, Costantini A, De Ruysscher D, Faivre-Finn C, Ferguson M, Langer D, Marczin N, Novoa N, Pompili C, Rawlinson J, Snoeckx A, van Geffen WH, Williams C, Blum TG
Eur Respir J. 2026 Apr;67(4) pii: 2502601. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02601-2025.
Is Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery the Future?
Rodriguez M, Wee JO
Arch Bronconeumol. 2026 Apr;62(4):215-216 doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2025.09.019.
From scalpel to robot: evolution and outlook of oncologic robotic surgery in Colombia.
González CVJ, Hanssen A, Domínguez Alvarado GA, Rodríguez MLL, Pertuz MFP
J Robot Surg. 2026 Feb 27;20(1) pii: 303. doi: 10.1007/s11701-025-02985-z.
NOTCH1 intracellular domain stabilization by MDM2 plays a major role in NSCLC response to platinum.
Bernardo S, Brunet L, Thomas QD, Bracquemond D, Bouclier C, Colomb M, Mancini M, Fabbrizio E, Santos A, Rasamizafy SF, Maacha AM, Giry A, Bousquet-Mur E, Papon L, Goussard M, Fremin C, Pasquier A, Rodríguez M, Travert C, Pujol JL, Linares LK, Heron-Milhavet L, Djiane A, Ferrer I, Paz-Ares L, Quantin X, Montuenga LM, Tourriere H, Maraver A
EMBO Mol Med. 2026 Feb;18(2):514-541 doi: 10.1038/s44321-025-00354-9.
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