Dr. Santiago Figueroa is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at the Clinical University Hospital of Valencia, Spain. After finishing his international training, he developed the minimally invasive thoracic surgery program at his institution.
Dr. Figueroa was elected one year ago as Chair of the Teaching Committee in the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery.
He is the editor of the recently published Video-Atlas of VATS Pulmonary Sublobar Resections and the author of more than 50 scientific papers and chapters.
His main interests are focused on new technologies, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, tracheal surgery and interventional bronchology in his current workplace: the Clinical University Hospital of Valencia, a national referral center for complex airway pathology.
He considers himself a versatile surgeon, committed to his work, with enthusiasm and a strong motivation to develop new projects about health care, teaching and research.
Selected publications from PubMed
"Complex segmentectomies: Comparison with simple and effect of experience on postoperative outcomes".
Galvez C, Bolufer S, Lirio F, Recuero JL, Córcoles JM, Socci L, Cabañero A, López I, Sánchez D, Figueroa S, Salcedo JG, Campo-Cañaveral JL, Genovés M, Hernando F, Moldes M, Blanco A, Azcarate L, Rivo E, Viti A, Mongil R
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2025 Jul;51(7):109748 doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2025.109748.
Perioperative chemotherapy and nivolumab in non-small-cell lung cancer (NADIM): 5-year clinical outcomes from a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial.
Provencio M, Nadal E, Insa A, García Campelo R, Casal J, Dómine M, Massuti B, Majem M, Rodríguez-Abreu D, Martínez-Martí A, de Castro J, Gómez de Antonio D, Macia I, Figueroa S, Fernández Vago L, Calvo V, Palmero R, Sierra-Rodero B, Martínez-Toledo C, Molina-Alejandre M, Serna-Blasco R, Romero A, Cruz-Bermúdez A
Lancet Oncol. 2024 Nov;25(11):1453-1464 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00498-4.
Segmentectomy for lung cancer: dig deeper.
Gonzalez M, Ojanguren A, Figueroa S, Bédat B
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Mar 1;65(3) pii: ezae066. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae066.
Mediastinal Hibernoma: A Rare Cause of Chronic Cough.
Muñoz-Palacio BJ, Figueroa S, Matute G, Garcia-Mejía C, Betancur JF
Cureus. 2020 Jan 22;12(1):e6738 doi: 10.7759/cureus.6738.
Clinical-therapeutic management of thoracoscopy in pleural effusion: a groundbreaking technique in the twenty-first century.
Galbis JM, Mata M, Guijarro R, Esturi R, Figueroa S, Arnau A
Clin Transl Oncol. 2011 Jan;13(1):57-60 doi: 10.1007/s12094-011-0617-x.
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