Javier Cortes

Hospital Ruber International · Grupo Quirónsalud

Head of the Breast Unit, Instituto Oncológico Baselga Medical oncology. Special training: breast cancer

He continued his studies at the University of Navarra, specialising in Medical Oncology at the Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, where he continued as Assistant in the Department of Oncology from 2002. He was Associated Professor of Oncology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Navarra during that period. Dr. Cortés was awarded the title of Doctor in Medical Oncology from the University of Navarra in 2002. From June 2003 to July 2015, he has worked in the Department of Medical Oncology at the Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, where he has been Coordinator of the Teaching and Training Programme for Residents in Oncology and Senior Specialist in the Area of Breast Cancer with a special interest in New Drugs Development. Dr. Cortés was the Head of the Breast Cancer Program and the Melanoma Unit from July 2006 to August 2015. From September 2015, he is Head of the Breast Cancer and Gynecological tumors at Ramon y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid and Clinical Investigator of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology. In addition to his medical specialties, he has two masters’ degree in “Medical Direction and Clinical Management” by the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) and “Research methodology in Health Sciences” by the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona and a degree in “Statistics in Health Sciences” by the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.

Dr Cortés is an active member of the Spanish, European, and American Societies of Medical Oncology (SEOM, ESMO, ASCO) and a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Medical Oncology.