Dr Antonio M. de Lacy Fortuny (born February 13, 1957 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain) is a Spanish doctor. He is Head of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Service and Chief of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Department at the Hospital Clínic, Barcelona (Spain).[1][2]

Biography

Education

  • 1980 MD in Medicine and Surgery. Medical School (Universitat de Barcelona)
  • 1987 Specialist in General Surgery (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona)
  • 1988 Ph.D. 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)

Postgraduate Training

  • Emory University (Atlanta)
  • Pacific Presbyterian Hospital (San Francisco)
  • Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
  • Cornell University (New York State)

Professional career

  • 1983-1987 – Surgery Internist: 2nd University Surgery Clinic. 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 – Member of the Advisory Board to the Medical Management at the Hospital Clínic 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 EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery).[3]

Research

  • 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, etc.
  • 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, esophageal 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.
  • Dr Lacy is also a pioneer in use of the Cecil Approach (simultaneous robotic transabdominal and transanal approach to removal of rectal cancer).[4]
  • He is a Founding Member of AIS (Advances in Surgery) Channel, a leading global educational platform providing training and networking for surgeons.[5]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Equipo profesional". Hospital Clínic.
  2. ↑ "Dr Antonio de Lacy". Clínica Quirón.
  3. ↑ "Past Presidents". EAES. Archived from the original on 2015-08-23. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  4. ↑ "Rectal Cancer: Robotic and Transanal Access (Cecil Approach)". LinkedIn.
  5. ↑ "Antonio M. Lacy". AIS Channel.
  6. ↑ "Antonio M. Lacy". Barnaclinic.
  7. ↑ "Antonio Lacy".


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