Dr. Carlos Sala

Dr. Carlos Sala

      Educational background

      • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Valencia, in 1990
      • Specialist in General Surgery and Gastroenterology, University of Valencia, in 1995, Specialty Residency Programm at the University Hospital of Valencia 1990-1995.
      • Medical Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valencia in 2001 with cum laude

      PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

      • Medical Resident of General Surgery and Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Valencia 1991-1995.
      • Medical Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Unit and Obesity University Hospital of Valencia, from 1996 to 2012.
      • Endocrine-metabolic unit Surgery Hospital La Fe in Valencia (FEA) – Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery from 2012 to the present.
      • Coordinator of the Surgery of the Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Unit and Endocrine Surgery Quirónsalud Hospital of Valencia.
      • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia from 1996 to 2016.

      SURGICAL ACTIVITY

      • Surgical experience in more than 4,000 surgeries with General anesthesia in all fields of the Specialty: Scheduled and Emergency Surgery in General and Digestive Diseases (Abdominal Wall, esophagus and stomach, Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery, Oncological Surgery and Peritoneal carcinomatosis, Colorectal Surgery, Endocrine Surgery and Morbid Obesity and laparoscopic surgery).
      • In the past 20 years, almost exclusively dedicated to the Endocrine and Obesity Surgery with surgical experience in more than 1,000 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery procedures, more than 1,000 thyroidectomies, 90 parathyroidectomies and 50 laparoscopic adrenalectomies.

      SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

      • Author of over 30 scientific articles in national and international journals on surgery and especially about Obesity Surgery.
      • Author of more than 80 papers and oral presentations at national and international Meetings of Surgery and Obesity Surgery.
      • Visiting Doctor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) for 4 months in 1995.
      • Grants from the International University Menéndez Pelayo, the Spanish Association of Surgeons and the Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology expand training in foreign hospitals Surgery and paper presentations in Congresses of the Specialty Abroad.
      • Winner of the Valencian Society of Surgery 1995 Award for the best original publication on clinical research, the National Award of the Spanish Association of Surgeons for the best original publication in 1998, and the Award of the Valencian Society of Surgery for the best Research publication in January 1998.
      • Visiting Professor at the BARIATRIC and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Weston (Florida), Prof. Raul Rosenthal (President of ASBMs) in 2015.
      • Organizer of the EXPERT MEETING on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery EMEA 2016 European Middle East and Africa EXPERT MEETING 2016 in Valencia.
      • Active member of the ASOCIACION ESPAÑOLA DE CIRUJANOS – AEC, Section of Endocrine and Obesity Surgery, SOCIEDAD VALENCIANA DE CIRUGÍA – SVC, SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE CIRUGIA DE LA OBESIDAD Y ENFERMEDADES METABÓLICAS – SECO, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SURGERY OF THE OBESITY AND RELATED DISEASES – IFSO, and AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BARIATRIC AND METABOLIC SURGERY – ASBMS.

      LANGUAGES SPOKEN

      • Academic and Scientific English correctly spoken and written.