Doctor Antonio M. de Lacy Fortuny is a Spanish doctor.
Education
1980 Doctor of Medicine in Medicine and Surgery. Medical School (Universitat de Barcelona)
1987 Specialist in General Surgery (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona)
1988 Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine and Surgery: “Distal Spleno-Renal Anastomosis through the Retroperitoneum. A Study of Long-Term Haemodynamic Alterations”.
Excellent Cum Laude Distinction (Universitat de Barcelona).
Career
He is Head of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Service and Chief of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Department at the Hospital Clínic, Barcelona (Spain). Education 1980 Doctor of Medicine in Medicine and Surgery. Postgraduate Training Emory University (Atlanta) Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City) Cornell University (New York State) Professional career 1983-1987 – Surgery Internist: 2nd University Surgery Cinic.
Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.
1988 – Surgery Associate: Surgery Subdepartment. General and Digestive Surgery Service.
Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona. 1996-2001 - Senior Specialist: General and Digestive Surgery Service.
Institut de Malalties Digestives.
Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona. 1998-2003 – Associate Professor of Surgery and Surgical Specialities: Surgery Department. Medical School, Universitat de Barcelona.
2001 – Surgery Consultant: General and Digestive Surgery Service.
Institut de Malalties Digestives. Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.
2002 – Head of Department at the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department. Institut de Malalties Digestives I Metabòliques.
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
2003 – Professor of Surgery and Surgical Specialities. Surgery Department. Medical School, Universitat de Barcelona. 2007 – Head of Service at the Gastrointestinal Surgery Service.
Institut de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
2007-2009 – President of European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery). Laparoscopic surgery (gastroesophageal reflux disease, achalasia, oesophagus and stomach tumours, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease – Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis –, colorectal cancer, colonic bowel polyposis, liver surgery, gall bladder and bile duct surgery, pancreas tumours, etc) He has performed various “new” procedures: the first laparoscopic and thoracoscopy approach to oesophageal cancer, the first laparoscopic approach to live kidney donation.
NOTES (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery) and SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery). He has performed transgastric cholecystectomy, anti-transoral oesophageal-gastric reflux techniques, transvaginal sigmoidectomy, transvaginal tubular gastroplasty, cholecystectomy and obesity surgery – sleeve gastrectomy, taking a SILS approach.
Oncological Surgery (colon and rectal cancer, oesophageal and stomach cancer, metastasis treatment – surgical resection, radiofrequency, etc –, pancreas cancer, liver tumours).
Obesity Surgery and Development of Surgical Programme for Type-2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, as part of international working groups for the development of new techniques. Doctor Lacy is also a pioneer in use of the Cecil Approach (simultaneous robotic transabdominal and transanal approach to removal of rectal cancer).
Membership
2002 – Member of the Advisory Board to the Medical Management at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. He is a Founding Member of AIS (Advances in Surgery) Channel, a leading global educational platform providing training and networking for surgeons.