Cristina Aubá Guedea

Biography

    Graduated (2000) and was awarded her doctorate (2006) in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra. She gained vast experience during her residencies in the Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at the University of Tokyo hospital, in Bogenhausen (Munich), the National Cancer Institute in Milan and the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. During these residencies she increased her training in mammary surgery, microsurgery, especially in mammary reconstruction and head and neck treatments, as well as surgical treatment for lymphedema. Research Areas   She has participated in the following peripheral nerve research projects:  Nerve regeneration using temporary allografts in immunosuppressed primates with FK-506, University of Navarra, 2002-2005 Quantitative analysis of facial movement in paralysed faces, MMA Foundation (Madrid), 2004-2007 Effect of inhibiting peptide p-144® of TGF- ß (transforming growth factor) in rats in peripheral nerve regeneration, University of Navarra, 2006 Currently leading the “Evaluation of the effectiveness of lymphaticovenous anastomoses in the surgical treatment of lymphedema” Project, (PIUNA 2013-2015) Areas of interest                                         ACTIVITY As an educator Associate professor of Plastic Surgery, Anatomy and Microsurgery at the University of Navarra Faculty of Medicine. As a researcher She has had 16 articles published in national and international scientific magazines  She has made presentations at 58 national and international conferences.

Research Interest

  Head and neck reconstruction Mammary reconstruction microsurgery Limb reconstruction Surgical treatment of lymphedema Aesthetic face and body surgery