Antonio Lacy

Biography

Education

• 1980 MD in Medicine and Surgery. Medical School
• 1987 Specialist in General Surgery
• 1988 Ph.D. in Medicine and Surgery: “Distal Spleno-Renal Anastomosis through the Retroperitoneum. A Study of Long-Term Haemodynamic Alterations”. Excellent Cum Laude Distinction

  Postgraduate Training

• Emory University
• Pacific Presbyterian Hospital
• Cleveland Clinic
• Mount Sinai Hospital
• Cornell University

  Professional career

• 1983-1987 – Surgery Internist: 2nd University Surgery Clinic. Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.
• 1988 – Surgery Associate: Surgery Subdepartment. General and Digestive Surgery Service. Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.
• 1996-2001 - Senior Specialist: General and Digestive Surgery Service. Institut de Malalties Digestives. Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.
• 1998-2003 – Associate Professor of Surgery and Surgical Specialities: Surgery Department. Medical School, Universitat de Barcelona.
• 2001 – Surgery Consultant: General and Digestive Surgery Service. Institut de Malalties Digestives. Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona.
• 2002 – Member of the Advisory Board to the Medical Management at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
• 2002 – Head of Department at the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department. Institut de Malalties Digestives I Metabòliques. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
• 2003 – Professor of Surgery and Surgical Specialities. Surgery Department. Medical School, Universitat de Barcelona.
• 2007 – Head of Service at the Gastrointestinal Surgery Service. Institut de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
• 2007-2009 – President of EAES.

  Research

• Laparoscopic surgery He has performed various new procedures: the first laparoscopic and thoracoscopy approach to oesophageal cancer, the first laparoscopic approach to live kidney donation, etc.
• NOTES and SILS. He has performed transgastric cholecystectomy, anti-transoral oesophageal-gastric reflux techniques, transvaginal sigmoidectomy, transvaginal tubular gastroplasty, cholecystectomy and obesity surgery – sleeve gastrectomy, taking a SILS approach.
• Oncological Surgery.
• Obesity Surgery and Development of Surgical Programme for Type-2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, as part of international working groups for the development of new techniques.
• Dr Lacy is also a pioneer in use of the Cecil Approach.
• He is a Founding Member of AIS Channel, a leading global educational platform providing training and networking for surgeons.

  Publications

• Dr Lacy has 175 publications under his name, with a global Impact Factor of 454 and a Hirsch index of 32.