Eduardo Albéniz holds a Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra (1998) and specialized in Gastroenterology (MIR) at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid (1999-2003). At a professional level, he has worked at HU Angers-France (2003), San Rafael Hospital in Madrid (2003-2004), and the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete (2004-2009). Since 2009, he has worked as an Attending Physician in the Endoscopy Unit of the Gastroenterology Department at the Hospital Universitario de Navarra (HUN). Additionally, since 2018, he has combined his clinical activity with research thanks to several Intensification grants (50% research activity; 50% clinical activity). These grants facilitated his obtaining a PhD in Medicine from the Public University of Navarra in 2021.
Dr. Albéniz has coordinated the national Endoscopic Resection group of the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SEED) since 2013, whose main task is to promote national and international collaborative research in this field. Since 2023, he has been a Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Scientific Committee of this Society. Furthermore, he coordinates the research activity of the Gastroenterology Department, the Resection and Digestive Motor Disorders Treatment Unit, and the CSUR functional unit in achalasia at HUN.
Throughout his career, he has been a residency tutor and is currently directing 3 doctoral theses. He has participated in 38 research projects, 22 of them as Principal Investigator (PI) and 10 of them awarded competitive funding (SEED, ESGE, SVNPD, MEDTECH Navarra, and ISCIII). He has also collaborated in the drafting of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guidelines on Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and on training in POEM (Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy). As a result of this work, Dr. Albéniz is the author of more than 90 scientific publications in high-impact index journals.
