Dr. Roberto Martínez Álvarez
Address: Ruber Internacional Hospital La Masó Street, 38 28034 Madrid, Spain, Madrid, Madrid, Comunidad de, Spain
Gender: Male
About the Doctor / Professional
Dr. Roberto Martínez Álvarez is the Head of the Radiosurgery and Functional Neurosurgery Unit at the Ruber Internacional Hospital. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of Radiosurgery and Functional Neurosurgery.
Dr. Martínez is a renowned specialist in radiosurgery through Gamma Knife technology. Since 1993, over 6,500 treatments have been performed using this type of radio surgery on various conditions at Ruber International Hospital.
Degree: 1985 - Degree of Doctor from the Autonomous Unit of Medicine of Madrid
- 2005 - present: Head of the Functional Neurology and Radiosurgery Unit at the Ruber Internacional Hospital.
- 1993 - 2005: Consultant in Functional Neurology and Radiosurgery at the Ruber Internacional Hospital.
- 1991 - 1994: Honorary Professor of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid.
- 1985 - 1989: Neurosurgeon at Puerta de Hierro Clinic, Madrid
- 2019 - National Prize for Medicine XXI Century in the specialty of Neurosurgery.
- 2018 - Member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
- 2015 - Fabrikan Award from the International Stereotactic and Radiosurgery Society
- 2012 - Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Asturias.
- 2023 - Stereotactic radiosurgery for Koos grade IV vestibular schwannoma in patients ≥ 65 years old: a multi-institutional retrospective study Acta Neurochirurgica 165: 211–220,
- 2022 - Stereotactic radiosurgery for Koos grade IV vestibular schwannoma in young patients: a multi-institutional study Journal of Neuro-Oncology 160: 201–208 .
- 2022 - Stereotactic Radiosurgery Compared with Active Surveillance for Asymptomatic, Parafalcine, and Parasagittal Meningiomas: A Matched Cohort Analysis From the IMPASSE Study Neurosurgery 90:750–757
- 2022 - Comparison of Active Surveillance to Stereotactic Radiosurgery for the Management of Patients with an Incidental Frontobasal Meningioma—A Sub Analysis of the IMPASSE Study Cancers (Basel). Mar 3;14(5):1300.
- Communications and Presentations:
- 2022 - Gamma Knife Outcome & Guidelines and Complications: Patai fond Kuala Lumpur
- 2022 - Radiosurgery for psychiatric disorders LGKA Marsella
- 2022 - Role of SRS in Anorexia Nervosa ISRS Milan
- 2022 - Expanding the Indications for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Neuroonc and Rs Symp Malasia
- 180 works published in national and international journals. Sixty publications in international journals with relevant impact factor.
- 230 presentations at national and international conferences.
- Invited Speaker at 100 national and international conferences.
- Editor of 3 published books.
- Author of 22 chapters in various books published between 1988 and 2015.
- Gamma Knife Surgery
- Meningioma Treatment
- Radiosurgery Cancer Treatment
- Gamma Knife Surgery
- Meningioma Treatment
- Neurosurgery Consultation
- Radiosurgery
- International Society of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (ISRS), Member of the Executive Board and Education Committee.
- Congress of Neurosurgical Surgeons, USA.
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons, USA.
- Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Asturias, Spain.
More Information
2011-present: Consultant of the Elekta company for medical training.
Stay in foreign centers:
- La Timone Hospital, Marseilles (France), 2000, 2010, 2015
- Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm (Sweden), 1993, 1996
- Hospital for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Birmingham (United Kingdom), 1987
