Miriam Pavón Mengual

I am a pediatric oncologist with a special interest in tumours in the central nervous system. I also belong to the team that treats patients with histiocytosis with neurodegenerative diseases. 

I graduated from the University of Barcelona, where I obtained a specialty in Pediatrics and Specific Areas at Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital. After that, I completed my training in pediatric oncology at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where I worked as an oncology attending physician with a specialisation in neuro-oncology and patients being followed up. 

Training

• Specialist in Pediatrics and Specific Areas. Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital in Badalona, 2017.
• On rota in the Hematology, Oncology and Transplant of Hematopoietic Progenitors, Niño Jesús University Hospital. Madrid, 2016.
• Degree in Medicine and Surgery. University of Barcelona, 2012.

International experience

• Locum Paediatric Oncology Consultant at Birmingham Children's Hospital (United Kingdom), 2020–2021.
• Fellowship in Oncology, Haematology and Stem Cell Transplant at Birmingham Children's Hospital (United Kingdom), 2017–2020.

Research work

• Assistant researcher in pediatric neuro-oncology clinical trials run at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital.
• Member of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (SEHOP) and the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP).