Specialist Profile
With 18 years of experience in Thoracic Surgery Departments across hospitals in the Valencian Community, Dr Martínez is a thoracic surgeon within the Thoracic Surgery Department at Ascires Hospital.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Sympathetic Surgery since 2025 and is also a member of the Grup d’Investigació i Divulgació Oncològica, the European Society of Thoracic Surgery, the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery, the Valencian Society of Pulmonology, and the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery.
He has received 11 awards from different organisations in recognition of his scientific presentations and was awarded the highest distinction — Outstanding “Cum Laude” with Extraordinary Doctorate Award — for his doctoral thesis at the University of Valencia.
He has authored more than 65 scientific publications and presented over 120 papers at national and international congresses, both peer-reviewed and invited presentations. He is also author and co-author of educational publications, teaching materials, as well as national guidelines and consensus documents in thoracic surgery.
Between 2018 and 2023, he served as Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Sociedad Española de Cirugía Torácica. Since 2021, he has been an editor of the journal Cirugía Española and acts as a reviewer for multiple leading national and international scientific publications.
He is also actively involved in teaching at both undergraduate level — in the field of Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — and postgraduate level, with a particular focus on airway techniques and minimally invasive surgery. He is Director of the Master’s Degree in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery.
In addition, he is a member of eight active national and international research groups, serving as principal investigator in three of them.
Experience and Training
Thoracic Surgeon
Ascires Hospital Valencia
Director of the Master’s Degree in Minimally Invasive Surgery
TECH University
Lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences
Universidad Europea de Valencia
Co-Director of the II Scientific Communication Course
Sociedad Española de Cirugía Torácica
Editor of the journal Cirugía Española
Elected Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Sociedad Española de Cirugía Torácica
Madrid
Madrid
Co-Director of the I Scientific Communication Course
Sociedad Española de Cirugía Torácica
Master’s Degree in Clinical Management and Medical & Healthcare Leadership
Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU
Master’s Degree in Advanced General and Digestive Surgery
Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU
PhD in Physiology
Thesis: Development of an in vivo allogeneic tracheal transplant model in lagomorphs
Awarded Outstanding Cum Laude distinction and Extraordinary Doctorate Prize by the Universitat de València
Lecturer on the Master’s Degree in Advanced Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Management
Module: Advances in Bronchial Interventional Procedures
Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU
Seminar delivered: The Challenge of Cancer in Elderly Patients: Decision-Making and Clinical Limits.
Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Observership en cirugía torácica mínimamente invasiva
Cedars Sinai Hospital (Los Ángeles, EE. UU.)
Associate Lecturer in the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Surgery
Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Observership in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Hospital
Observership in Advanced Oncological Surgery
Yale New Haven Hospital
Advanced Studies Diploma in Surgery
Universitat de València
Specialty Training in Thoracic Surgery
Valencia
Degree in Medicine and Surgery
University of Valencia
Memberships and Awards
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Ascires has the ENS certification with the MEDIA category for its medical centers in the Valencian Community and Madrid.
