The "global surgeon" model
The newspaper describes an emerging model in high-complexity surgery: specialists who are not tied to a single hospital but operate across several countries, bringing experience accumulated through hundreds of complex cases per year. It is not "medical tourism" but a model in which the surgical team travels to the patient (or the patient to the team) to concentrate volume and outcomes.
The Quenet-Torrent founding team
The article names the specialists of the founding team:
- Dr. François Quenet, specialist in peritoneal carcinomatosis, cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC and PIPAC.
- Dr. Juan José Torrent, who specialises in advanced ovarian cancer and peritoneal oncological surgery.
- Julio García Aguilar, expert in colorectal cancer, trained in the United States.
- Dr. Fabrizio Panaro, specialist in liver surgery and transplantation.
"The hospital has incorporated the founding team of Quenet-Torrent clinic, a European reference in the treatment of complex tumours such as peritoneal carcinomatosis."
El Confidencial
Why a hospital brings in international teams
Tumours such as peritoneal carcinomatosis, retroperitoneal sarcomas or advanced ovarian cancer require surgeons with high case volume and specific training. That is why some hospitals bring in teams that already have that experience, even if they also operate in other countries.
What Quenet-Torrent brings to complex patients
The team has been treating peritoneal carcinomatosis with cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC for more than two decades, as well as complex sarcomas and advanced liver tumours. It sees patients in Barcelona, Paris and Madrid and works in a network with reference hospitals. Meet the team or request a second opinion on your case.
Original source: full article published in El Confidencial (April 12, 2026).
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