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Georgia Hirst
May 16, 2024
Consultation with a neurosurgeon
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Raul Felipe Abella
Cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr. Raul Abella is a world-renowned Spanish cardiovascular surgeon specializing in congenital heart disorders. He and his team have an impressive postoperative survival rate of 98.2%, and he has performed over 5,000 cardiac operations. He has also taken part in 56 humanitarian missions, and is the author of 200+ articles and has presented at 100+ international conferences.
Dr. Raul Abella is a top-rated Spanish cardiovascular surgeon, famous far beyond its borders.
Doctor Abella specializes in congenital heart disorders in children. Congenital means a baby is born with some cardiac abnormalities which can appear, when the heart of a baby is forming in the mother’s womb, not in the right way.
The doctor treats patients both infants and grown-ups.
Dr. Raul Abella heads the team of experts who provide the total cardiological care of patients starting from diagnostic tests till follow-up after the cardiosurgery. The team has carried out over 5,000 cardiac operations with an average postoperative survival rate of 98.2% — the same as in the world’s best cardiac centers of excellence.
Expertise
Dr. Raul Abella has graduated from the La Sapienza University (Italy) with following traineeships in France, Switzerland, and the USA.
The doctor worked in Bambino Gesù Hospital, Hesperia Hospital Modena, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato (all Italy), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (Spain). For now, Dr. Arbella heads the Cor Barcelona International Center at Hospital Universitario Dexeus-Grupo Quirónsalud and serves patients at Teknon Barcelona.
Scientific activities
Doctor Raul Felipe Abella is an author of more than 200 articles and speaker at over 100 international conferences dedicated to cardiovascular surgeries.
Humanitarian Work
- took part in 56 humanitarian mission over the globe
- developed 3 cardiovascular surgery programs, including the improvement of Pediatric Interventional and Surgical Cardiology in Peru.
- In 2018, 20 families with children operated by Doctor Raul Abella visited Vatican and personally met Pope Francis. The doctor told Pope about the Program for children with congenital heart diseases who can't be operated due to economical reasons or lack of qualified experts. For the first 4 years of program, Dr. Abella has already operated children from 10 countries.
Procedures performed by the doctor
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Mansour
Nov 8, 2023
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Anonymous
Oct 31, 2019
Epilepsy
Thanks a lot for excellent service. I can not thank enough staff of Teknon Medical Centre Epilepsy Department, especially Irina who was assisting and interpreting everything in Russian to Dr Antonio R... Read more
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Stephanie
Oct 3, 2019
Acoustic neuroma
Great and thorough communication, after weeks of research we ended up choosing Prof. Oliver, had a Skype consultation and scheduled the surgery a few months later. My mother got the best care, the sur... Read more
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Катерина
Jul 3, 2019
Brain tumor removal
The clinic has a very good atmosphere, despite the fact that it is a hospital. Stay in this clinic can be compared with a sanatorium. The doctors are qualified, they explain everything in detail, they... Read more
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Viacheslav Marukhin
Apr 12, 2019
Neurology
When it comes to health, speed and competence are important. Bookimed for several hours found us a wonderful doctor neurologist, unfortunately I do not remember the name. Thanks to Catherine, the clin... Read more
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Анастасия Eva
Feb 10, 2019
Consultation with a neurologist
On January 21, we arrived at the Teknon clinic late at night, which pleasantly surprised us without any problems settled in the ward and the examination began in the morning. The clinic impressed us. ... Read more
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Сергей
Dec 19, 2018
Medication treatment for epilepsy
It is still difficult to assess the level of medicine, it will be necessary to find out the results and see if the treatment helps. The doctor seemed very competent, but it also needs to be checked. ... Read more
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Anonymous
Oct 24, 2024
Conservative treatment of scoliosis
Asked questions. The doctor took his time to answer all the questions
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Maria Mastorakis
Jul 19, 2024
Consultation with an endocrinologist
The hospital environment. The medical stuff amiability and fast response for my services needed. The doctor experience and professionalism, with his team. The hospital staff of international departm... Read more
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