Best Colon cancer oncologists in Barcelona: TOP 4 doctors

• Dr. Carlos Ballesta López specializes in colon cancer treatment using laparoscopic surgery, which reduces pain and recovery time.
• Standard treatments for colon cancer include laparoscopic colectomy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy.
• Dr. Ballesta has international experience at medical institutions in Spain and has conducted courses for surgeons from Latin America.
• He is the director of Dr. Ballesta Laparoscopic Center, accredited by IFSO as a Center of Excellence.
• He is a member of the Medical Board of Teknon Medical Center, with over 30 years of experience in digestive surgery.

• Specializes in colon cancer treatment using methods like surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and targeted therapy.
• Has experience in international practice at Teknon Medical Center in Spain and Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano in Italy.
• Speaker at national and international congresses on surgical treatment of advanced abdominal and pelvic cancers.
• Member of Grupo Español de Cirugía Oncológica Peritoneal, Sociedad Española de Oncología Quirúrgica, and European Society of Surgical Oncology.
• Author and co-author of significant scientific publications and investigator in clinical trials of oncological surgery.

One of the world-renowned pioneers in gastrointestinal surgery. Has developed new techniques for the colon and rectum cancer treatment TaTMEТ and NOTES — applied now around the world.
Has performed over 15,000 surgeries.
Performs over 1,000 interventions a year using minimally invasive techniques.
President of the Association of Surgeons-Endoscopists in Europe.

Dr. Sullivan graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the National University of Rosario in 2005, specializing in Medical Oncology through the MIR at the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital (HSCiSP, 2012) in Barcelona.

She received a post-MIR scholarship from the Ministry of Interior from HSPiSP (2012) and then a pre-doctoral scholarship from ISCiii (Rio Hortega – 2013-2015).

In 2014, he moved to Paris where he obtained a DUERTECC diploma at the Gustave Roussy University Hospital (Villejuif), followed by an ESMO scholarship (Georges Mathé Translator Scholarship), which he received in 2016.

Since January 2017, he has been working on the staff of the Medical Oncology Department of the HSCiSP. In the same year, he obtained his PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Since 2015, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Lung Cancer Group (GECP). And since 2022, he has been the coordinator of the HSCiSP Committee on Neuroendocrine Tumors.

In November 2021, she joined the IOR Medical Oncology Service and is actively involved in various research projects in the Pangea Lab under the supervision of Dr. Molina.

Dr. Sullivan is involved in several clinical trials in lung cancer and neuroendocrine tumors, many of which have been presented at various international scientific meetings.

She has participated in national and international conferences and is an author and co-author of research articles published in influential journals.

She is currently a member of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), GECP, European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and the Spanish Group of Neuroendocrine and Endocrine Tumors (GETNE).