• Chief of Neurosurgery​ at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
• Associate professor at the Universitat de Barcelona.

ACADEMIC TRAINING

• Bachelor of Medicine: 1996 Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
• PhD: 2008 Universitat de Barcelona.
• Specialty: Neurosurgery, 2000 Universitat de Barcelona
• Fellowship in Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard University, Boston) (2011)

EXPERIENCE

• More than 25 years of practice

Specialisation

• Specialist and world reference in minimally invasive surgery.
• Pioneer and world reference in the use of endoscopic techniques for the surgical treatment of pituitary and skull base tumors.
• Director of World Congress of endoscopy. Endobarcelona 2018

Success rate

• More than 300 annual surgeries.
• More than 100 annual minimally invasive surgeries.

RESEARCH

• Author of more than 40 national and international scientific publications
• Author of more than 10 book chapter. Editor of a book (Atlas of endoscopy)
• Participation in lots of national and international scientific meetings.

After several years working in both public and private hospitals, in 2011 dr. Clavel decided to launch the Instituto Clavel, which has become a renowned center for spine surgery. His main motivation was the desire to create a high-quality professional project that would provide my patients with the best medical care.

Since then, dr. Clavel have been able to work alonside a united team of highly qualified professionals, always focused on finding the best solutions for spinal and skull pathologies, in which they are specialists. One of the values that defines them is how they treat the patient, which they consider fundamental in their profession.

The Instituto Clavel has also allowed him to create the Fundación Clavel, a project that fulfills the desire to bring help to those who need it most. They carry out frequent missions to developing countries like Ethiopia, and among the goals is to train doctors in those countries so they can do spinal and brain operations on their own.

Experience

• Surgeon in the Spine Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (2005-2011)

• Attending physician and Surgeon, in the Skull Base Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (2003- 2007)

• Attending physician,  Hospital Mutua de Terrassa (2002-2003)

• Attending physician, Hospital Can Ruti, Badalona (2001-2002)

Education

• Residency in Neurosurgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (2000)

• Degree in Medicine, University of Barcelona (1993)

• USMLE (United States Medical Licensure Examination) parts I & II: examination required for residency in US hospitals (1993)

Pathologies treated

• Degenerative pathology of the cervical and lumbar spine:

Herniated disc, degenerative disc disease

• Cervical and lumbar pain

• Tumors of the medulla and spine

• Vertebral fractures

• Brain tumors

• Trigeminal neuralgia

Other Academic, Scientific, and Professional activity

• Research and training fellowships in various hospitals and universities in the USA and Europe, including: Emory University, Atlanta; University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma; University of California, San Diego California, and the University of Padova, Italy.
• President, Fundación Clavel – humanitarian foundation for neurosurgery in Sub-Saharan African nations.

2012 – To date: Head of the Neurosurgery Unit. Neurocirugía Barcelona, Barcelona.

2012 – To date: Head of the Neurosurgery Unit, CIMA Hospital, Barcelona.

2006 – To date: Neurosurgery service staff, General Hospital of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallés.

2005 – To date: Head of the Neurosurgery Department, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 – 2012: Staff physician of the neurosurgery department, Mútua de Terrassa University Hospital, Terrassa.

2005 – 2006: Specialist neurosurgeon in the Traffic Accidents Department –Trafisaba– Sabadell.

MEDICAL COLLABORATIONS

1998: Resident student of the Neurosurgery Department of the Are Dureta University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, July, August and September 1998.

1997: Traineeship as a medical assistant in Calvià City Council, Majorca, during July, August and September 1997.

1996 – 1997: Resident student in the Internal Medicine Casualty Department of the Clinical and Provincial Hospital of Barcelona during the 1996-97 academic year. Doing 12-hour on-call duty shifts 2-3 times a month.

1996: Resident student of the Internal Medicine Department of the Are Dureta University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, from July 15 to September 15.

1995 – 1997: Resident student of the Faculty of Medicine Morphological Sciences Department at the University of Barcelona

1993 – 1996: Collaboration during July, August and September from 1993 to 1996, as an assistant (outpatient consulting rooms and Scheduled and Emergency Surgery) of the Traumatology Departments of different hospitals in Palma de Mallorca.

EDUCATION

Doctorate: 2nd Year: “Estudios de la infecciones en Neurocirugía”, obtaining the qualification of Excellent. Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA): Obtaining the qualification of “Honours”.

Doctorate: 1st Year: Studies in “Emergency surgery”, “Basic fundamentals of surgery”

2000: M.I.R. Examination (Internal Medical Resident): Completed on 8 April 2000, obtaining order number 71. Being granted a residency in Neurosurgery in the Clinical and Provincial Hospital of Barcelona.

1993 – 1999: Graduate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona. Studies in the Faculty of Medicine (Clinical and Provincial Hospital). General qualification of “Honours”

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Participation in the clinical and bibliographic sessions organised by the department, as well as multidisciplinary sessions (neuro-oncology committee, epilepsy unit, neuroradiology, ICU and joint sessions with neurology).

TEACHING ACTIVITY

Collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine:

2003 – 2004: Neurosurgery.

2002 – 2004: Faculty of Medicine Neurotraumatology Seminars.

2002 – 2004: Class: “Approach to the third ventricle”.

Catalan Society of Neurosurgery:

2005 – To date: Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the Institute of Higher University Studies (IAEU). University of Barcelona

2005 – To date: Lecturer in neurosurgery for doctorate courses at the Institute of Higher Psychological Studies (ISEP).

2004 – To date: Lecturer in Neurosurgery for doctorate courses at the municipal institute of healthcare assistance (IMAS), Autonomous University of Barcelona

2004: Speaker in “Endoscopic surgery for pineal tumours”

2003: Speaker in “Troncoencephalic tumours”

EDUCATION

• Specialization in Neurosurgery. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (2008-2013)

• Research Fellowship in Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery en Arkansas Neuroscience Institute (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) with Dr. Ali Krisht (January and February 2013)

• European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) Full Training Course in Neurosurgery (4-year program 2010-2013)

• Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain (2001-2007)

EXPERIENCE

• Attending physician. Neurosurgery. Instituto Clavel. Hospital QuirónSalud Barcelona, Spain (2013 – present)

• Attending physician Emergency Service – Neurosurgery. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Barcelona, Spain (2013 – 2016)

• Resident intern in Neurosurgery. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain (2008-2013)

PATHOLOGIES TREATED

• Tumors of the brain and spine

• Congenital skull malformation (chiari malormation)

• Degenerative pathologies of the cervical and lumbar spine (discopathy, hernias, stenosis)
• Hydrocephalus

• Injuries and fractures of the head and spine

Other Academic, Scientific, and Professional activity

• Volunteer doctor with Fundación Doctor Clavel at the General Hospital of Adama (Ethiopia), April 2017, May 2018 and November 2019, as neurosurgeon and leader of the mission.

• Volunteer doctor in 3 neurosurgical missions with the Fundación NED & Fundación Doctor Clavel at the Hospital Mnazi Mmoja Zanzibar, Tanzania in June 2014, as surgeon, May 2015 and May 2016 as surgeon and mission leader.

EDUCATION

Continuing education in oncological surgery, surgery of spinal degenerative disease and minimally invasive surgery (2014-present)

Skull-Base surgery, Hospital Sant Pau (2017-2018)

EXPERIENCE

• Neurosurgeon, Instituto Clavel (2016 – present)

• Attending Physician, Hospital Vall d’Hebron (2016-2018)

• Attending Physician, Hospital Juan XXIII (2014-2016)

• Residency, H. Germans Trias i Pujol (2009-2014)

PATHOLOGIES TREATED

• Tumors of the brain and spine

• Trigeminal neuralgia 

• Arnold-chiari malformation

• Degenerative spinal pathology

• Disc herniation

• Нейрохирург в Медицинском Центре «Текнон» с 1994.
• Президент Нейрохирургического Сообщества Каталонии (2009 – наст. вр.)

ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ

• Диплом врача, полученный в Автономном Университете г. Барселоны (1970 – 1976).
• Докторская степень по нейрохирургии после прохождения резидентской программы по нейрохирургии в Национальной Нейрохирургической Службе в г. Мадриде (Испания, 1986).

МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ СТАЖИРОВКА

• Стажировка в Стокгольме (Швеция), Монреале и Торонто (Канада), Питсбурге, Сант-Луисе, Фениксе и Кливленде (США), также в Цюрихе (Швейцария).

НАУЧНАЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТЬ

• Член действующего Нейрохирургического Фонда
• Член Испанского Сообщества Нейрохирургии
• Член Американской Академии Минимально Инвазивной Спинальной Медицины и Хирургии
• Член Конгресса Нейрохирургии
• Член Международного Сообщества по вопросам развития спинальной хирургии
• Член Фонда «AOSPINE»
• Член Сообщества по вопросам Минимально Инвазивной Спинальной Хирургии

Доктор Оливер (Dr. Oliver) уделяет особое внимание функциональной нейрохирургии и малоинвазивной хирургии.

СПЕЦИАЛИЗАЦИИ

• Опухоли головного мозга
• Эпилепсия
• Болезнь Паркинсона
• Грыжа межпозвонкового диска и другие неврологические изменения позвоночника
• Невралгия тройничного нерва (тригеминальная невралгия)
• Новое: флюоресцентная хирургия опухоли головного мозга

Доктор Оливер (Dr. Oliver) имеет большой опыт в хирургии основания черепа и является президентом Европейского общества хирургии основания черепа (European Skull Base Society).

ЯЗЫКИ

• Испанский
• Английский
• Французский