Dr Antonio Rosales is Chief Clinical Officer of the Oncological Urology Unit at the Urology Department.
With a degree in Medicine and Surgery, he has more than 30 years of experience as a urologist and extensive training in different specialty areas, such as robot-assisted surgery and kidney transplantation.
His areas of interest and specialisation are laparoscopic and robot-assisted oncological surgery and kidney transplantation. Throughout his career, he has combined his healthcare work and teaching as a professor in laparoscopic surgical technique, as well as his scientific and research work, by actively contributing to several research projects.
He has participated as a speaker at many national and international urology congresses and scientific meetings, with over 200 papers presented, some of which have won awards. He is also the author of more than 50 scientific publications and co-author of book chapters on the specialty as well as author and co-author of over 100 scientific videos. He has been a National Coordinator of the Endourology, Laparoscopy and Urological Robotics Group of the Spanish Association of Urology.
National Coordinator of the Endourology, Laparoscopy and Urological Robotics Group of the Spanish Association of Urology (2016-2020).
J.M. Gil-Vernet Award from the Royal Academy of Medicine for his doctoral thesis "Development of the anterior urethra and erectile tissue of the penis", 1993.
Joan Figols Award for the best surgical technique in the video on DIT or endoscopic finger. First experience in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in humans. Awarded during the 15th SYMPOSIUM OF THE CATALAN SOCIETY OF UROLOGY, held on 20-22 November 2009.
Award of the International Society of Cryosurgery granted to Dr Antoni Rosales for his experience in the treatment of kidney tumours with cryotherapy during the 15th World Congress of Cryosurgery. Saint Petersburg, 1-4 October 2009.
Silver Cystoscope Award to the best presentation of the meeting for the video presentation: "Optimisation of anatomical robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and preservation of neurovascular bundles". 21st National Meeting of Lithiasis, Endourology and Urological Laparoscopy. Cadiz, 28-30 January 2009.
2009 Award for the best idea from Diario Médico. Awarded to doctors Antoni Rosales and Josep Salvador for kidney transplantation by laparoscopy. Barcelona, December 2009.
Third prize for the best video: "Combined laparoscopic approach and conservative open surgery in complex renal mass". Awarded at the 74th NATIONAL UROLOGY CONGRESS (AEU) Valencia, 12-15 June 2009.
Award for the best video. "Uretero-ureterostomy in transplanted urethral stricture". Awarded at the 75th NATIONAL UROLOGY CONGRESS, Bilbao, 11-14 June 2010.
Award for the best paper published in 2009 in the Actas Urológicas journal, within the section on scientific/clinical letters. "Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in transplanted kidney". Awarded at the 75th NATIONAL UROLOGY CONGRESS, Bilbao, 11-14 June 2010.
Rafael Gutiérrez del Pozo Prize for the best audiovisual piece in surgical technique, awarded by the Foundation for Research in Urology in Bilbao, 4 June 2010.
Prize for the best scientific paper published on any media. "Clinical factors as predictors of an unfavourable outcome in patients with stage pT0 at radical cystectomy". 18th SYMPOSIUM OF THE CATALAN SOCIETY OF UROLOGY. Lleida, 25-27 November 2011.
