Dr. Óscar Godino
Spine neurosurgeon
Dr. Óscar Godino graduated in Medicine from the University of Barcelona in 2002 with honours, subsequently trained as a specialist in Neurosurgery at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge in Barcelona, and completed his postgraduate studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Between 2007 and 2013, he completed his specific training in Neurosurgery in stays at the Hospital La Charité in Berlin and at the Schön-Klinik in Munich (Germany); and at the University of California in San Francisco (USA); and in 2017, he trained in advanced courses in highly complex surgery in Strasbourg, at Eurospine, the European spine medical society.
He is currently an associate at the Neurosurgery Department of the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, where he coordinates the Oncological Spine Unit, and is also a member of the Functional Spine Unit and the Multidisciplinary Pain Committee.
His career has focused on the implementation of minimally invasive techniques; he is an expert in the use of neuro navigation and in 2020 he was a founding member of the Spanish Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SEMISS).
Dr. Óscar Godino is co-director of the Barcelona Spine Institute (BSI) – Spine Unit of Hospital QuirónSalud Barcelona and has been linked to this hospital group since 2009.
Areas of expertise
- Complex cervical pathology
- Spinal and spinal oncological pathology
- Minimally invasive techniques
- Navigation-guided surgery
- Lumbar canal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
Academic background
- 2002: Degree in Medicine (MD) from the University of Barcelona.
- 2008: Medical specialist in Neurosurgery at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge in Barcelona
- 2010: Postgraduate degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Professional career
- 2008 – present: assistant doctor at the Neurosurgery Department of the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge in Barcelona.
- 2009 – present: private practice at Hospital QuirónSalud in Barcelona.
- 2010 – 2021: member of the Neurosurgery team at Mutua laboral Asepeyo (Sant Cugat).
- 2012 – 2022: collaborator at the Metrad-Ergodynamics Institute in Barcelona.
- 2022: private activity at the Clínica Teknon in Barcelona.
- 2023 – present: co-director of the Barcelona Spine Institute (BSI) – Spine Unit at Hospital QuirónSalud Barcelona.
Teaching activity/ Societies to which he belongs to
- 2020 Founding member of the Spanish Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SEMISS)
- 2008 Member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC)
- 2015 Member of NeuroRaquis, Spanish Society of Vertebral and Spinal Surgery.
- 2018 Member of GEER: Group for the Study of Spinal Disorders.
- 2007- 2008: Residents’ representative in the National Neurosurgery Commission.
- 2013-present: Neurosurgery MIR Teaching Tutor, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona.
- 2008-present: Collaboration in the undergraduate teaching of students at the Bellvitge Campus Medical Teaching Unit.
- 2007-2010: Lecturer in the course “Medical-surgical emergencies” of the PhD programme “Research in General Physiopathology of Disease” of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.
- 2013: Lecturer on the Master’s Degree in Nursing “Nursing Care of the Critically Ill”.
- of the University of Barcelona
- 2014- 2016: Lecturer in “Surgical Neuroanatomy” at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.
Publications and conferences
Dr. Oscar Godino is the author of numerous scientific publications, articles and book chapters in his specialty. He also gives lectures and has participated in numerous conferences as a speaker in his field of specialisation.