Dr. Francisco Javier Machuca Santa-Cruz

 Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Section Chief of Urology at the Hospital Virgen de la Victoria in Malaga (2008 - 2014)
• Exercises private practice in his own clinic in Malaga.
• He has been a professional in various public hospitals in Spain.

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 Sub-specialties

• Robotics and laparoscopic prostate surgery
• Conventional and laparoscopic cancer surgery
• Reconstructive surgery (urethral surgery, urinary diversion)
• Prostate surgery green laser
• Endoscopic surgery of the stone
• Incontinence surgery

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 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Malaga (1979)
• Title of specialist in urology. Inner-resident physician at the Hospital La Paz in Madrid (1981 - 1986)
• Researcher participation as principal investigator on a project urethral regeneration.

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 Publications and conferences

• Professor collaborator in IAVANTE courses of Laparoscopic Surgery and Robotics
• Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of Málaga
• Professor of the Master in Pediatric Urology International University of Andalusia
• Author or co-author of over 100 articles published in scientific journals, book chapters, papers and presentations presented at conferences nationally and internationally.

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 Prizes and awards

• Awarded by the European Association of Urology Award for the work "Clinical Case Competition: urogenital sinus cyst" (1987)
• Granted by Spanish Archives of Urology "double J ureteral catheters" (1988): second prize for the best article award
• The best video recognition awarded by the Andalusian Association of Urology (1998)
• Poster Award provided by the Andalusian Association of Urology (2007)
• Award for best oral communication awarded by the Andalusian Association of Urology (2011)
• Award for best video provided by the Andalusian Association of Urology (2012)

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 Professional membership

• Member of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU)
• Member of the Andalucian Association of Urology (AAU)
• Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU)

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