Albéniz Arbizu
Eduardo Albéniz holds a medical degree (Medicine and Surgery) from the University of Navarra (1998) and specialized in Digestive System (MIR) at Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid (1999-2003). Professionally, he has worked at HU Angers-France (2003), Hospital San Rafael in Madrid (2003-2004), and Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete (2004-2009). Since 2009, he has worked as a Consultant Gastroenterologist in the Endoscopy Unit of the Digestive System Service at the University Hospital of Navarra (HUN). Furthermore, since 2018 he combines his clinical activity with research thanks to several fellowships for Intensification (50% research activity; 50% clinical activity). These fellowships enabled him to complete his PhD in Medicine at the Public University of Navarra in 2021.
Dr. Albéniz has coordinated since 2013 the national Endoscopic Resection group of the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SEED), whose main work is to promote national and international collaborative research in this field.
Since 2023, he has been a Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the society´s scientific Committee. In addition, he coordinates the research activity of the Digestive System Service, the Resection and treatment unit for digestive motor disorders, and the CSUR functional unit for achalasia of the HUN.
Throughout his career, he has been a tutor for residents and, currently, he is directing 3 doctoral theses. He has participated in 38 research projects, 22 of them as PI and 10 of them awarded with competitive funding (SEED, ESGE, SVNPD, MEDTECH Navarra and ISCIII). He has also collaborated in the development of the European ESGE (European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) guidelines on Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and on training in POEM (Per-Oral Endoscopy Miotomy). As a result of this work, Dr. Albéniz is the author of more than 90 scientific publications in journals with a high impact index.