Antonio Lacy
Dr Antonio M. de Lacy Fortuny is a Spanish doctor. He is Director of at .
Biography
Education
- 1980 MD in Medicine and Surgery. Medical School
- 1987 Specialist in General Surgery
- 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
Postgraduate Training
- Emory University
- Pacific Presbyterian Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Cornell University
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.
Research
- Laparoscopic surgery 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 and SILS. 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.
- 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.
- He is a Founding Member of AIS Channel, a leading global educational platform providing training and networking for surgeons.
Publications
- Dr Lacy has 175 publications under his name, with a global Impact Factor of 454 and a Hirsch index of 32.