Dr. José Ramón Pérez Carral

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Oviedo in 2006.
Urologist. D. Specialist in Endourology, BPH and prostate surgery.
Dr. Perez-Carral has more than 12 years of experience in the treatment of BPH with holmium laser and more than 3500 surgeries.
Assistant in Urology Department, Hospital Universitario LA PAZ (HULP), Madrid.
Head of the benign prostatic pathology (BPH) unit.

Experience

2015-present. Assistant in the Urology Department of Hospital Universitario LA PAZ (HULP), Madrid, responsible for the benign prostatic pathology unit (BPH).
2022-Present. Head of the Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) program at the Hospital Ntra Sra del Rosario. Madrid
2019-Present. Head of the HoLEP program at HU HLA Moncloa. Madrid.
2017-Present. Responsible for the HoLEP program of Grupo Recoletas, Castila y Leon.
2012-2015. Assistant Specialist Physician at Hospital Universitario Fundación de Alcorcón.

Acknowledgments

2020 Training in prostate aquablation treatment using the Aquabeam® system.
2019 Training in intraprostatic steam injection treatment with Rezum® system
2012. Winner III Rising Stars in Urology. Spain
2012. XIII "Pedro Arregui" Award. National Group of Endourology, Laparoscopy and Robotics. Spain

Qualification

2007-2012. Urology Specialist. Cabueñes Hospital, Gijón.
2008-2009. Degree of Research Sufficiency by the Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias. University of Oviedo.
2000-2006. Degree in Medicine and Surgery. University of Oviedo.

Papers

2023. Current situation of BPH surgical treatment. National meeting of the group of lithiasis, robotics, laparoscopy and endourology. Zaragoza.
2023. Comparing the use of AquaBeam® and HoLEP for the treatment of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. European Association of Urology Annual Congress. Milan.
2022. HoLEP "Tips and Tricks". Mexican National Urology Congress. Veracruz.
Live surgery of prostatic enucleation with HOLMIUM laser. International Course Advances in BPH and Prostate Cancer. Madrid
2022. Training in Prostatic Aquablation and minimally invasive surgery of BPH. National Congress of the Spanish Association of Urology. Burgos

Research and teaching

2017-2022. Director of the Endoscopic Enucleation and HoLEP training course of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU).
2016-2022. Professor of the HoLEP Training Course at the Mexican Society of Urology (SMU).
2015-2021. Director of the HULP HoLEP theoretical-practical training course.
2019. Lecturer at the BSC Paris Institute HoLEP Workshop
2017. Professor of the Online Master in Uro-Oncology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
2015. Collaborating lecturer in the Urology Department of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

Publications

2022. Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP). Chapter XXII. Atlas of Urological Surgery.
2022. 3D printed model for flexible ureteroscopy training, a low-cost option for surgical training. Actas Urol Esp (Engl Ed). 2022 Jan-Feb;46(1):16-21.
2020. Holmium laser prostate enucleation. All we should aim for. Arch Esp Urol. 2020 Oct;73(8):699-708.
2020. Evaluation of teleconsultation system in the urological patient during the COVID-19 pandemic. Actas Urol Esp (Engl Ed). 2020 Nov;44(9):617-622.
2019. Our technique for prone puncture prior to percutaneous nephrolithotomy.Cent European J Urol. 2019;72(3):330. "