Sergio García García
Sergio García García
NEUROSURGERY SPECIALIST
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Dr. Sergio García García is a distinguished neurosurgeon with specialized training in vascular pathology, skull base, and spine surgery, mastering minimally invasive and endovascular techniques. He holds a PhD (Magna Cum Laude) from the Universitat de Barcelona and practices neurosurgery at H.QS. BARCELONA . His research, focused on artificial intelligence, advanced neuroimaging, and predictive models applied to cerebral hemorrhage and brain tumors, has resulted in over 50 international publications. He has developed his career at prestigious national and international centers of excellence, including Helsinki, Finland (2024), Radboud, Netherlands (2025), UCSF, San Francisco (2017), and Stanford (2022). He is fluent in Spanish, English, and French. Thanks to his membership in national and international societies and his international clinical and academic experience, he provides advanced, high-quality care to his patients while contributing to the advancement of his specialty.
Key information
- Grant – Helsinki Clinical Fellowship in Skull Base & Vascular2024
- Latest Publication:A Fully Automated Pipeline Using Swin Transformers for Deep Learning-Based Blood Segmentation on Head CT Scans After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
- Belongs to:European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT)
Professional Details
Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona
SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN NEUROSURGERY
January 2022
Hospital Quirónsalud Badalona
SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN NEUROSURGERY
March 2024
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Neurosurgeon
November 2025
Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
Neurosurgeon
May 2025
Radboud University Medical Center
Fellow in Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
January 2025
University Hospital Helsinki
Fellow in Skull Base and Neurovascular Surgery
January 2024
Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega
Neurosurgeon
March 2020
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
Neurosurgeon
May 2018
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Attending Neurosurgeon specializing in emergencies
May 2018
Study
Bachelor of Medicine
Universidad de Valladolid
2012
Doctorate
Universitat de Barcelona
2021
Specialized Healthcare Training
Neurosurgery Residency
Language
IELTS – BAND 8
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Research Fellowship: University of California San Francisco – Skull Base and Cerebrovascular Laboratory
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Research Fellowship: European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) – E-Fellowship en complex endovascular procedures
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Continuing education course: “UPDATE in MEDICINE AND SURGERY”
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Continuing education course: “MEDICAL EMERGENCY COURSE”
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Continuing education course: “GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICES”
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Open Skull Base hands-on course
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Continuing training course: “ENDOVASCULAR NEUROSURGERY COURSE”
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EUROPEAN COURSE OF MINIMAL INVASIVE NEUROLOGICAL THERAPIES. ECMINT 5.1
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EUROPEAN COURSE OF MINIMAL INVASIVE NEUROLOGICAL THERAPIES. ECMINT 5.2
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European Board Examination in Neurological Surgery – Parte 1
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Certification in endovascular procedures in vascular neurosurgery
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Continuing education course: “MULTI-PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION IN RADIATION PROTECTION”
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Continuing education course: “NOSTRA PHASE III TRIAL INTERACTIVE EGOS TRAINING”
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Continuing education course: “HANDS-ON COURSE ON CERVICAL SPINE”
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Continuing education course: “MEDICAL NEUROONCOLOGY”
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Introduction to AI
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Building AI
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Fellow of the European Board of Neurointerventionism (EBNI) – Examen escrito
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Continuing education course: “Director of Radiodiagnostic Facilities”
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EUROPEAN COURSE OF MINIMAL INVASIVE NEUROLOGICAL THERAPIES. ECMINT 5.3
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Continuing education course: “NEUROPICTURE”
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Continuing education course: “EUROPEAN COURSE OF MINIMAL INVASIVE NEUROLOGICAL THERAPIES. ECMINT 4.4”
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Research Fellowship: University of California San Francisco – Neurovascular Surgery
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Research Fellowship: Stanford Medicine – Visiting Instructor en Complex Skull Base Surgery
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Research Fellowship: European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) – E-Fellowship en complex endovascular procedures
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Continuing education course: “XIV COURSE ON CEREBRAL VASCULAR MICROSURGERY, EXTRA-INTRACRANIAL BYPASS AND SKULL BASE”
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Continuing education course: “COURSE ON SKULL BASE AND VASCULAR SURGERY”
Master in Neuropsychology
University collaborator
Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes
January 2022
University collaborator
Universidad de Valladolid
December 2021
Resident tutor
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Departamento de Neurocirugía
June 2018
Teaching collaborator in Neurosurgery
Universitat de Barcelona
May 2014
Prediction of overall survival in glioblastomas using radiomic features of intraoperative ultrasound. Proposal for the creation of an international database of ultrasound images of brain tumors.
2021
SMART-OR
Prediction of glioblastoma recurrence using MRI, machine learning, and transcriptomics. An AI-guided supramarginal resection
Instituto Carlos III
VAS III phase trial, REACT
Analysis of brain biochemistry in neurocritical patients using invasive multimodal neuromonitoring
2022
Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Algorithms based on Clinical and Radiological data to predict complications and outcomes
Efficacy of dexamethasone in patients with head trauma, cerebral contusions and pericontusional edema: a randomized, triple-blind clinical trial (DEX-CON TBI Trial)
A Fully Automated Pipeline Using Swin Transformers for Deep Learning-Based Blood Segmentation on Head CT Scans After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Journal Article
Acute changes in diffusion tensor-derived metrics and its correlation with the motor outcome in gliomas adjacent to the corticospinal tract.
Journal Article
Advantages and Limitations of Intraoperative Ultrasound Strain Elastography Applied in Brain Tumor Surgery: A Single-Center Experience.
Journal Article
Anterior clinoidectomy using an extra- and intradural two-step hybrid technique.
Journal Article
Assessment of White Matter Transgression During Neuroendoscopic Procedures using DTI Fiber Tracking.
Journal Article
Brain Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas in the COVID era: A warning and rationale for association.
Journal Article
Combined Use of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid and Intraoperative Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging in High-Grade Glioma Surgery.
Journal Article
Comparison of Intraoperative Ultrasound B-Mode and Strain Elastography for the Differentiation of Glioblastomas From Solitary Brain Metastases. An Automated Deep Learning Approach for Image Analysis.
Journal Article
Contralateral Transfalcine Versus Ipsilateral Anterior Interhemispheric Approach for Midline Arteriovenous Malformations: Surgical and Anatomical Assessment.
Journal Article
Cost-Effectiveness of Low-Field Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance in Glioma Surgery.
Journal Article
Current Evidence, Limitations and Future Challenges of Survival Prediction for Glioblastoma Based on Advanced Noninvasive Methods: A Narrative Review.
Journal Article
Digital 3D exoscope is an effective tool for the surgery of falx and parasagittal meningiomas.
Journal Article
Does low field intraoperative magnetic resonance improve the results of endoscopic pituitary surgery? Experience of the implementation of a new device in a referral center.
Journal Article
Double hemispheric Microdialysis study in poor-grade SAH patients.
Journal Article
Editorial: Assessment of intraoperative image technologies to optimize clinical outcomes in neurosurgical oncology.
Journal Article
Endoscopic endonasal surgery for sellar region pathology. An analysis of our first 200 patients. What we have learned.
Journal Article
Endovascular treatment of chronic subdural hematoma in a dual-trained neurosurgical unit: preliminary results and proposal of a randomized controlled trial protocol.
Journal Article
Extended endoscopic endonasal surgery for clival chordoma and chondrosarcoma: Our experience in 14 cases.
Journal Article
Facial nerve preservation for supraorbital approaches: anatomical mapping based on consistent landmarks.
Journal Article
HOW I DO IT: Exoscopic disconnection of anterior fossa dural arteriovenous fistulae.
Journal Article
Integrating Endovascular Techniques into Established Open Neurosurgery Practice: A Temporal Analysis of Treatment Evolution in a Dual-Trained Neurosurgical Unit.
Journal Article
Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging for cerebral cavernous malformations: When is it maybe worth it?
Journal Article
Is there a relationship between the Elasticity of Brain Tumors, Changes in Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and Histological Findings? A Pilot Study Using Intraoperative Ultrasound Elastography.
Journal Article
Letter to the editor regarding ‘A Contralateral, Trans-falcine Approach to the Mesial Fronto-Parietal Region and Cingulate Gyrus: A Cadaveric Feasibility Study’.
Journal Article
Letter to the editor regarding ‘The trans-laminar terminalis approach reduces mortalities associated with chordoid glioma resections: A case report and a review of 20 years of literature’.
Journal Article
Letter to the Editor. Invasive neuromonitoring for poor-grade SAH.
Journal Article
Letter: Hemorrhagic Conditions Affecting the Central Nervous System in COVID-19 Patients.
Journal Article
Low field intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging for brain tumour surgery: preliminary experience.
Journal Article
Management in chordoid glioma: Avoiding the pitfalls in this rare and challenging entity.
Journal Article
Meningioma Consistency Can Be Defined by Combining the Radiomic Features of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound Elastography. A Pilot Study Using Machine Learning Classifier.
Journal Article
Meningioma consistency can be defined by combining the radiomic features of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound elastography. A pilot study using machine learning classifiers.
Journal Article
Mortality Prediction of Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Using a Deep Learning Model Based on an Initial Brain CT Scan.
Journal Article
Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor associated with focal cortical dysplasia in a child with refractory epilepsy: a case report and brief review of literature.
Journal Article
Non-navigated 2D intraoperative ultrasound: An unsophisticated surgical tool to achieve high standards of care in glioma surgery.
Journal Article
Posterior cervical triangle approach for carotid endarterectomy: Technical note and results.
Journal Article
Predicting Regions of Local Recurrence in Glioblastomas Using Voxel-Based Radiomic Features of Multiparametric Postoperative MRI.
Journal Article
Predicting Short-Term Survival after Gross Total or Near Total Resection in Glioblastomas by Machine Learning-Based Radiomic Analysis of Preoperative MRI.
Journal Article
Presurgical simulation for neuroendoscopic procedures: Virtual study of the integrity of neurological pathways using DTI tractography.
Journal Article
Prognostic indicators and outcomes of hospitalised COVID-19 patients with neurological disease: An individual patient data meta-analysis.
Journal Article
Quantitative versus qualitative blood amount assessment as a predictor for shunt dependent hydrocephalus following aneurysmatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Journal Article
Relationship between the overall survival in glioblastomas and radiomic features of intraoperative ultrasound: A feasibility study.
Journal Article
Safety and Feasibility Assessment of the O-arm as an Intraoperative Angiography Device in Aneurysm Surgery: Technical Note.
Journal Article
Skull base meningiomas: A bibliometric analysis and comprehensive overview of clinical reports.
Journal Article
Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae: Treatments and outcomes – a systematic review and meta‐analysis.
Journal Article
Stereoelectroencephalography by using O-Arm® and Vertek® passive articulated arm: Technical note and experience of an epilepsy referral centre.
Journal Article
Surgical management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae: Systematic Review of Current Practices and Open Questions.
Journal Article
The Río Hortega University Hospital Glioblastoma dataset: A comprehensive collection of preoperative, early postoperative and recurrence MRI scans (RHUH-GBM).
Journal Article
Treatment of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms: Systematic review in an attempt to perform a network meta-analysis.
Journal Article
Validation of presurgical simulation of white matter damage using diffusion tensor imaging.
Journal Article
European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT)
Grupo de trabajo de Neurocirugía Vascular, SENEC
European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía (SENEC)
Grant – Helsinki Clinical Fellowship in Skull Base & Vascular
The C. Ehrnrooth Foundation
GEBRO-PHARMA Grant. Award for the best work in the Neuro-oncology Group
SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE NEUROCIRUGÍA
Scholarship at the Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (IBGM)
Universidad de Valladolid
Suomi
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English
Advanced C1
French
CEFR C1
Catalan
Spanish
CEFR C2
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