Our Team

Dr. Pablo Parente

Head of the ENT service at HM Hospitales. Specialist in head and neck surgery, he has been for several years president of the commission of head and neck of the Spanish Society of ENT (SEORL). Pioneer in endoscopic thyroid and parathyroid surgery, he developed endoscopic surgery applied to the submaxillary gland.

Dr. Javier Lage

ENT specialist, coordinator of the endoscopic thyroid surgery program

Dra. Marta Paulos

Specialist in salivary gland pathology and sialoendoscopy

Dr. Óscar Caderón-Iglesias

ENT specialist, Associate Professor at the University of A Coruña.

Research Projects

Our team has published numerous high-impact publications on the benefits and outcomes of minimally invasive endoscopic techniques in cervical surgery.

Parente Arias PL, Fernández Fernández MM, Varela Vázquez P, de Diego Muñoz B. Minimally invasive video-assisted submandibular sialadenectomy: surgical technique and results from two institutions. Surg Endosc. 2016;30(8):3314-3320. doi:10.1007/s00464-015-4604-0

Fernández Fernández M, Parente Arias P, Herranz González-Botas J, Martínez Vidal J. Tiroidectomía endoscópica: estudio preliminar [Endoscopic thyroidectomy: preliminary report]. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2006;57(6):291-293. doi:10.1016/s0001-6519(06)78712-x

Lage Fernández FJ, Paulos Novoa M, Parente Arias P. Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy (MIVAT): How to do it (with video). Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2021;138 Suppl 2:41-42. doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2021.07.004

Lage Fernández FJ, Parente Arias P. Minimally invasive video-assisted versus conventional open thyroidectomy: a matched cohort study. IFOS 2017 World Congress