Dr. Blas Flor Lorente

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Attached to the Coloproctology Unit (Dr García-Granero) of the Department of General Surgery and Digestive Diseases (Dr García-Granero) of the University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe of Valencia.

 Sub-specialties

• Specialist in Colon and Rectum Cancer and Laparoscopic Surgery

 Positions in public associations

• Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Coloproctology Section of the Spanish Association of Surgeons
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Coloproctology Association

 Education

• Bachelor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Valencia
• Training as MIR in the Department of General Surgery and Digestive Diseases of the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia
• Doctoral thesis "Predictive factors of recurrence and survival in rectal cancer after MTS surgery". Qualification obtained: Outstanding "cum laude" (02-12-05)
• European Board of Surgery Qualification in Coloproctology (EBSQ-c), Prague (23 September 2009)

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 Publications and conferences

• Multiple national and international Congresses
• Various national and international publications

 Prizes and awards

• Extraordinary Prize "Dr Salvador Lledó Matoses" to the work entitled: "Quicio-Preoperative Radiotherapy is necessary in all patients with locally advanced rectal cancer" Analysis of a consecutive series of 152 patients preoperatively staged as T2N + or T3 ". Matteo Frasson, Alvaro Garcia-Granero, Blas Flor Lorente, Stephanie Garcia Botello, Desamparados Roda, Carmen Faus, Salvador Campos, Samuel Navarro, Andrés Cervantes. Valencian Medical Institute. Valencia. October 2010.
• Award to the BEST PUBLICATION IN CLINICAL SURGERY granted by the SVC Year 2009, to the work: "Macroscopic Assessment of mesorectal excision in rectal cancer". Cancer (2009) .115: 3400-11
• Award for the 2nd best communication entitled "Audit of the macroscopic quality of the resection specimen after mesorectal excision." Prospective study "Muñoz Forner, Elena; Flor Lorente B; García-Granero, Eduardo; Cervantes Ruiperez, A; Esclapez, P; Espí, A; García-Botello, S; Navarro Fos, S; Campos Hervás, S; López-Flor, V; Safe, D; Folonier, JC and Lledó, S. X NATIONAL MEETING OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY. SECTION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF THE AEC. VII IBEROLATINOAMERICANO CONGRESS OF COLOPROCTOLOGY. Sitges. May 2006
• Award for the Best Communication on research granted by the Valencian Society of Surgery. XVII General Surgery Course. Valencia. January 23, 24 and 25, 2002.

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 Professional membership

• Full member of the Spanish Coloproctology Association
• Full member of the Spanish Society of Digestive Pathology (SEPD).
• Full member of the European Coloproctology Society (ESCP).

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