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Josep Tabernero

31 years of experience

Oncologist, specialist in gastrointestinal cancer treatment

Location

Hospital Quiron Barcelona ,Barcelona , Spain
4.36 reviews

Dr. Josep Tabernero is one of the most reputable medical oncologists in Spain and Europe. Forbes magazine named him as one of the 5 most influential leaders in cancer health care in the country. Former President of the European Society for Medical Oncology. Advisor of the Spanish Ministry of Health.

Specialty

Dr. Jose Tabernero is an expert in cancer treatment with medicines, he studies molecular targeted therapies, develops personalized therapies and new drugs.

Listed among 5 best medical oncologists in Spain according to Forbes magazine (2017).

Work experience

  • Advisor of the Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare, EuropaColon
  • Director of the Vall d’Hebrón Institute of Oncology
  • Head of the Digestive and Endocrine Tumour Unit in the Baselga Oncological Institute in Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona
  • 2018-2019 — President of the European Society for Medical Oncology
  • 1997-2005 — Medical oncologist at the Oncology Department of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.
  • 1993-1997 — Doctor at the Oncology Department of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.

Education

  • 1987 — The Medical Faculty at the Autonomous University of Barcelona — Degree in general medicine and surgery
  • 1992 — Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau — Speciality in medical oncology
  • 1993 — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Internship.

Awards

  • The Extraordinary Degree Award by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
  • 2017 — Chosen as the 25th Medical Ambassador of the Spanish Healthсare
  • 2018 — The Cancer Care Award in Gastrointestinal Cancer by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Scientific activity

Dr. Tabernero is an author of over 70 papers on cancer treatment with new techniques.

Provides clinical trials of new medicines to treat tumors in colon cancer treatment.

Teaching activity

  • Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • Professor at the Teaching Unit of the Barcelona Vall d'Hebron Hospital
  • Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Naples Federico II.

Membership in organizations

  • The American Association for Cancer Research
  • The American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • The European Society for Medical Oncology
  • The Spanish Society of Medical Oncology.
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Михаил
Dec 19, 2019
Consultation with an orthopedist (traumatologist)

I really liked the specialist himself, a very good-natured man without pathos, n

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Fatima
May 15, 2019
Knee replacement

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Михаил
Dec 19, 2019
Consultation with an orthopedist (traumatologist)

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Надежда Sergiyenko
Jun 11, 2019
Ovarian cancer

The format is quite simple, everything is accessible and understandable, the doctor is very qualified. I will not say that we talked about clinical studies, there was no definitive information. We are... Read more

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Fatima
May 15, 2019
Knee replacement

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Надежда Sergiyenko
Jun 11, 2019
Ovarian cancer