Lucas Krauel Giménez-Salinas

Pediatric surgeon

Head of the Oncological Surgery Unit

Pediatric Surgery. Pediatric Oncological Surgery. Minimally Invasive Surgery

English, Spanish, Catalan, French

Training

PhD from the Universitat de Barcelona, thesis on 3D surgical planning studies for complex surgeries, 2017.
ECFMG-USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination), 2012.
Specialist in Pediatric Surgery (through Resident Medical Internship training). SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, University of Barcelona, 2009.
Specialist in Pediatrics and its specific areas, with training as a Resident Medical Intern. Mútua de Terrassa University Hospital, Universitat de Barcelona, 2004.
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1998.

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
Fellow of the European Board of Paediatric Surgery (FEBPS).
Fellow Pediatric Surgical Oncology. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, USA, 2013.
Pediatric Surgery Department. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.

Author and editor of the book Survival Handbook in Pediatric Surgical Oncology, 2024.
Participant in the QuiroFAM project on ‘Patient Derived Xenograph of Pediatric Tumors’ RIS3CAT, P ITTC European Consortium P4, 2017.
Surgical advisor in the study on biomedical nanofibres. Cebiotex, Barcelona, since 2014.
Principal investigator of the ‘Use of 3D modeling and 3D printing for surgical palnning’ RIS3CAT. Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, since 2013.
Principal Investigator of the ‘Cirugía Oncológica Pediátrica’, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 2012.
Principal investigator of the ‘Importance of subspecialisation in paediatric oncological surgery for improving survival and quality of life of children with cancer’, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC), 2011.
Principal investigator of the ‘Response of the contralateral lung to tracheal occlusion in a model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia’ Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, 2009.
Participant in the ‘Study of vascular development and lung maturation in a model of diaphragmatic hernia in a rabbit foetus. Effect of foetal tracheal occlusion’, (FIS PI06 0585), Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, 2006.
Author of numerous articles published in Pubmed.

Associate Professor of Medicine at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2011-present.
Lecturer on the master's degree in Biomedicine at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2014-present.
Director of the master's degree in Paediatric Oncological Surgery at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2018-present.
Instructor in Pediatric Simulation certified by the Simulator Program Boston Children's Hospital, 2016-present.
Lecturer Expert 3D. Transversal Programme in Medical Image Postprocess, Training Professionals: 3D Printing to Research.

Our hospital is dedicated to comprehensive care for women, children and adolescents.