Dr. Rafael Casañas Barrios

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Otolaryngology specialist privately in Las Palmas (2001 - present)
• Surgical specialist level in the Santa Catalina Clinic Las Palmas (present)
• Rotation at the Institute of Otology Dr. García-Ibáñez (Barcelona, ​​May-July 2001)
• Rotation at the Hospital of the Child Jesus (Madrid, March-April 1999)
• Specialist in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery via MIR at the University Hospital of La Princesa in Madrid (May 1997 - May 2001)

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 Teaching posts

• ENT teacher for 5th year students of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid, at the University Hospital La Princesa.
• Monitor pharmacology practices for students of 3rd year of medicine at the University of Las Palmas (1990-1991)

 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Las Palmas (October 1988 - June 1994)
• Doctor of Medicine and Surgery degree with Cum Laude from the University of Salamanca (November 2003)
• Title approved for work as a general practitioner in the European Union
• Specialist in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (March 2004)
• Students of various courses related to their specialty
• research competence obtained at the University of Salamanca (July 2003)
• Microsurgery course of ear and temporal bone dissection at the Institute of otology Dr. García-Ibáñez (Barcelona, ​​July 2001)
• rhinosinusal workshop endoscopic dissection at the Institute of otology Dr. García-Ibáñez (Barcelona, ​​November 2000)
• dissection workshop rhinosinusal endonasal microsurgery and endoscopic surgery at the Hospital of the Red Creu, Barcelona (December 1999)
• Course in micro surgery in otology in Georges Portmann Institute (Bordeaux, France, July 2000)
• Basic Course temporal bone dissection and initiation in otologic surgery at the Ramon y Cajal Hospital (Madrid, May 2000)
• "The normal and pathological voice clinic, diagnosis and treatment" at the University Clinical Hospital (Madrid, May 1998)
• "Radiosurgery" by Prof. Agustin del Hurdle (Madrid, June 2000)
• II International Course of Rhinology (Salamanca, May 1997)
• Course I electrografía clinic at the University of Las Palmas (Las Palmas, November 1991)
• "Program update rational use of antimicrobials" (January-December 2011)

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 Publications and conferences

• Author of numerous articles related to his specialty
• Assistant to many national and international congresses scope
• Poster: "Laryngeal Injuries: graphic documentation" (Ciudad Real, 2000)
• Poster: "Laryngeal Tuberculosis Report of a case and review of literature." (Madrid, 2000)
• Poster: "Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoam A case report and literature review." (Barcelona, ​​2000)
• Poster: "Meningoencephalocele A rare nasal cavity mass." (Barcelona, ​​2000)
• Poster: "intracranial rare complication of otitis media" (Madrid, 1999)
• Poster: "sinonasal tumors of a case." (Madrid, 1999)
• Poster: "Nasal manifestations in AIDS patients" (Barcelona, ​​2000)
• Poster: "Sinus Tumours: our experience" (Barcelona, ​​2000)
• Poster: "Puncture-FNA of salivary glands" (Madrid, 1999)
• Poster: "PEATC in child population descriptive study of nine years." (Madrid, 1999)
• Poster: "extramedullary plasmacytoma sinonasal location Apropos of a case and review of literature." (Barcelona, ​​2001)
• Oral communication: "oropharyngeal parotid tumor of origin" (Barcelona, ​​2001)
• Presentation: "Lift open maxillary sinus: surgical technique, contraindications and complications Success-failure of implants Results to 5 years..." presented at the Second Symposium of Implantology Atlantic (Las Palmas, March 2009)
• Poster: "Maxillo-mandibular impingement, little known cause of migraine headache" presented at the 39th Meeting of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurology (May 2016)
• Co-author of "Anatomy of the airway. Implications anesthetic management" Act. Anest. Reanim. Vol. 10, No. 3, pp 106-114 (2000)
• Preparation protocol "neck masses. Protocol diagnostic management" for distribution at the University Hospital of La Princesa in Madrid
• Member of the organizing committee of the "XV Congress of the Canarian Society of ORL" held in Las Palmas (October 2010)

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 Prizes and awards

• second prize for the best poster award: "Lump and neck mass laringea What is your diagnosis.?" (Madrid, 2000)
• Nomination for second prize for the poster "Difficulties in pediatric bronchoscopy rigid bodies" (Madrid, 2000)

 Professional membership

• Member of the Spanish Society of ENT (SEORL)
• Member of the Canary Society of Otolaryngology and Pathology cervicofacial (SCOPC)
• Member of the Society of Pediatrics Outpatient Canaria (SEPEXPAL)

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