Dr. Carlos Molina-Navarro
is a highly experienced obesity & weight management
surgeon, specialising in gastric surgery. His experience
encompasses all areas of obesity surgery, including laparoscopic & endoscopic
surgery.
 He
trained in Spain and the UK and is fluent in Spanish & English.
He professional credentials include:
Medical School:
- University of Cordoba Medical School, Spain 1983-1986
- University of Malaga Medical School, Spain 1986-1990
Qualifications:
- LMS (Licensee in Medicine and Surgery), Malaga, Spain 1990.
- Degree of Licenciatura (Hon's.) Malaga, Spain 1990.
- FRCS Edinburgh, June 1996.
- Especialista en Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo,
1998.
- MsC in Research in Health, University of Southampton, 2000.
Society Memberships
- Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Corresponding Fellow to the Association of Surgeons of
Great Britain and Ireland
Interests:
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Endoscopic surgery
- Varicose veins
Present Appointments:
- January 2000 - to date Consultant General Surgeon at Hospital
Clínica Santa Elena, Torremolinos, Málaga. - February 2000 - to date Consultant General Surgeon at
Clínica
Fuengirola, Málaga
- March 2000 - to date Consultant General Surgeon at Hospital
de Día Virgen de la Sierra, Marbella, Málaga
- August 2001 - to date Consultant General Surgeon at Clínica
Vía de la Plata, Zafra, Badajoz.
- January 2002 - to date Consultant General Surgeon at Marbella
High Care Hospital.
- June 2002 - to date Consultant General Surgeon at The
Medical Centre, San Pedro, Málaga.
- June 2002 - to date Consultant General Surgeon at Quore
Clinic, Sotogrande, Cadiz.
Postdoctoral Surgical Education:
- October 1990 - September 1991 SHO Cardio-Vascular Surgery,
Carlos Haya Regional General Hospital, Malaga, Spain.
- October 1991 - September 1992 SHO A&E and Orthopaedics,
Memorial Hospital, Darlington, CO. Durham. England.
- February 1993 - July 1993 Senior House Officer in Cardiothoracic
Surgery. University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales.
- August 1993 - January 1994 SHO General Surgery. West Wales
General Hospital, Wales.
- February 1994 - July 1994 SHO Trauma and Orthopaedics.
Sandwell District General Hospital, West Midlands, England.
- August 1994 - January 1995 SHO Coloproctology and Breast
Surgery, Sandwell District General Hospital, West Midlands,
England.
- February 1995- July 1995 SHO Urology. Sandwell District
General Hospital, West Midlands, England.
- August 1995 - January 1996 Acting Registrar Upper Gastrointestinal
Surgery, Sandwell District General Hospital, West Midlands,
England.
- February 1996 - August 1996 Acting Registrar Vascular,
Laparoscopic and Endocrine Surgery. Sandwell District General
Hospital, West Midlands, England.
- September 1996 - September 1996 Locum Registrar in General
Surgery. Russell's Hall Hospital. Dudley, West Midlands,
England.
- October 1996 - September 1997 Specialist Registrar in
General and Vascular Surgery, Weymouth and District Hospital-West
Dorset Hospital, Dorset, England.
- October 1997 - January 1998 Specialist Registrar in General
Surgery with special interest in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery,
Poole General Hospital, Dorset, England.
- February 1998 - September 1998 Specialist Registrar General
Surgery with special interest in Pancreatic, Biliary and
Breast Surgery, Poole General Hospital, Dorset, England.
- October 1998 - September 1999 Specialist Registrar Colorectal
Surgery, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Dorset, England.
- October 1999 - September 2000 Specialist Registrar Vascular
Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, England.
- October 2000 - December 2000 Specialist Registrar Vascular
Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, England.
- January 2000 - June 2001 Consultant General and Gastrointestinal
Surgeon at, Hospital Europa, Marbella, Spain.
Courses & Symposiums Attended
- Slome Postgraduate Course in Pre-clinical Sciences. King's
College, London 1992
- Cambridge Course for the Royal College of Surgeons Final
Fellowship Examination. Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
1995
- Basic Skills Laparoscopic Course. Leicester, November
1996
- MATTUI-ASGBI Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Course. RCSE,
London, December 1996
- 4th Wessex Pancreatic Symposium. Winchester, February
1997
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Annual
Scientific Meeting. Bournemouth, April 1997
- Vascular Anastomotic Workshop, Chase Farm Hospital, London,
April 1997
- The integrity of the gastrointestinal anastomosis. Symposium.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Clinical and Scientific
Meeting. Edinburgh, May 1997
- Wessex Surgeons Meeting, Salisbury, November 1997
- Vascular Surgery Course, Bath, June 1998
- Laparoscopic Surgery Symposium, Royal Society of Medicine,
London, October 1998
- Wessex Surgeons Meeting, Salisbury, November 1998
- M62 Coloproctology Course, Huddersfield, March 1999
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Annual
Scientific Meeting, Brighton, May 1999
- International Symposium on Minimally Invasive Upper GI
Surgery. Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire,
May 1999
- Certificate in Research in Health: Foundations. Faculty
of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences, University of
Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, April-June 1999
- BAUS (British Association of Urological Surgeons) Annual
Meeting, Glasgow, June 1999
- Wessex Surgeons Meeting, Salisbury, November 1999
- South West Vascular Surgeons Meeting. Berkshire Royal
Hospital, March 2000.
- XXII Charing Cross Sympossium. Vascular and Endovascular
Opportunities. Imperial College, London, April 2000.
- XVIII International Surgical Sympossium. University of
Malaga Medical School, Malaga, February 2001.
- 9th International Course in Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic
Surgery. El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz, March 2001
- XV Monographic Cardiovascular Meeting of Málaga,
Benalmádena, December 2001.
- Scientific meeting Clínica Santa Elena, Coloproctology,
Torremolinos, December 2001.
Presentations to Learned societies
- González de Vega N, Molina Navarro C. Es la valvuloplastia
de las válvulas protésicas biológicas
una posibilidad? Presentación de video en la reunión
de la Asociación de Cirugía Cardiovascular
Española, Santander, España, Mayo 1991
- Molina Navarro C. Usage of the surgical training opportunities
in a District General Hospital. Wessex Surgeons Meeting 1997
- Molina Navarro C. Lower limb retraction during major amputations
using lithotomy poles. Wessex Surgeons Meeting 1998.
- Molina Navarro C. Leak-free colorectal anastomosis, the
Bournemouth experience. Wessex Surgeons Meeting 1999.
- Molina Navarro C. Re-use of irrigating equipment in flexible
cystoscopy is not safe. BAUS 1999.
- Molina Navarro C. Collaborative experience with Thoracic
Surgeons in the repair of Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.
South West Vascular Surgeons Meeting, 2000.
- Salgado G, Molina-Navarro C. The problem of the malignant
colonic polyp. The Cleveland Clinic, USA, May 2001
Publications
- Molina-Navarro C, Bhatia BS, Jones MA, Awogu O, Ochai J.
Re-use of irrigating equipment in flexible cystoscopy is
not safe. British Journal of Urology. 1999;83:948-953
- Molina-Navarro C, Hosking SW, Hayward SJ, Flowerdew ADS.
Gastro-Aortic Fistula as an Early Complication of Esophagectomy.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2001 Nov; 72(5): 1783-8.
- Molina-Navarro C, Hosking SW. Traumatic diverticulosis
and seromuscular rupture of the sigmoid colon as a result
of non-penetrating abdominal trauma. Injury. 2001 Jul; 32(6):
510-2.
- Molina-Navarro C, Hosking SW. Non-specific Mesenteric
lymphadenitis, Systematic Review of the Aetiological Evidence.
Remitido al British Journal of Surgery.
- Bhatia BS, Lovick AHJ, Molina-Navarro C, Courtney JJ.
Reflux sensor for flexible cystoscopy based on thermal dilution.
Physiological Measurement. 1999;20(S):14
Awards & Distinctions
- Best Anastomosis Award, Vascular Anastomotic Workshop Chase
Farm Hospital, London, April 1997
- Hospital Doctor Inventor of the Year Award 1999, for the
invention: Intestinal protector matt in the prevention of
intra-abdominal adhesions.
Spanish registration number: 2906238
GMC Registration number: 352084
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