Dr. Gerardo Conesa was the first neurosurgeon in Spain to operate on a patient affected with a brain tumor while he was awake, and he was also the first to use robotics in neurosurgery.
His interest in mapping and monitoring motor and language function in patients with brain tumors centered his thesis and has accompanied him throughout his long professional career.
Dr. Gerardo Conesa is the head of the Neurosurgery Service at the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital de la Santa Creu y Sant Pau in Barcelona.
He is also a professor of Neurosurgery at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has published numerous studies in prestigious scientific publications.
In the last decade he has specialized in the surgical treatment of epilepsies refractory to medical treatment.
Regarding his extensive professional, research and teaching experience, Dr. Conesa received the Ramón y Cajal Prize from the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery Decade of the Brain.