Dr. Miguel Ramírez Backhaus

Currently Co-Director at the UROSALUD Clinic and Clinical Chief of prostate cancer at the IVO Foundation. Specialized in robotic and laparoscopic surgery and Prostatic Enucleation. Clinical Research in Prostate Cancer. Degree in Medicine from the University of Navarra (1996-2002), PhD from the University of Valencia (2010). MIR at Hospital Universitario la Fe Valencia (2003-2008), Fellow of Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy at University Clinic Leipzig with Prof Stolzenburg (2008-2009). Master in Molecular Oncology (CNIO and CEB), Master in Medical Direction and Clinical Management (UNED), Master in Health Management and Research (UNED). Member of the Valencian, Spanish and European Urology Associations. Storz Fellow at the International Endourological Society. Reviewer, moderator, speaker and surgeon of the European and National Urology Congresses since 2010. Assistant Urologist in the Laparoscopy Unit of the Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia (2009). Assistant Urologist and responsible for the implementation of pelvic laparoscopic surgery at the University Hospital of La Ribera (Alzira, Valencia).

Clinical and surgical stays and internships with world reference urologists in the centers: LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, UCL LONDON, HOMBURG-SAAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (GERMANY) and MSKCC (NEW YORK). Instructor and teacher in several courses of laparoscopic surgery with live surgeries in national and international meetings. Author of a hundred scientific articles indexed in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=ramirez+backhaus. More than 200 posters presented at national and international congresses.