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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.