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. This is not "medical tourism" but rather 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 each specialist of the founding team:
- Dr. François Quenet — international authority on peritoneal carcinomatosis, cytoreductive surgery with HIPEC and PIPAC.
- Dr. Juan José Torrent — specialist in advanced ovarian cancer and peritoneal oncological surgery.
- Julio García Aguilar — US-trained expert in colorectal cancer.
- Dr. Fabrizio Panaro — specialist in hepatic 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 high-complexity care requires international teams
Tumours such as peritoneal carcinomatosis, retroperitoneal sarcomas or advanced ovarian cancer require surgeons with high case volume and specific training. In Europe, only a handful of centres can deliver this type of surgery with consolidated outcomes — which is why reference hospitals rely on international teams with established track records.
What Quenet-Torrent brings to complex patients
The team has over two decades of experience treating peritoneal carcinomatosis with cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC, as well as complex sarcomas and advanced hepatic tumours. Patients are attended in Barcelona, Paris and Madrid, working in 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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