Juan Carlos Rial

Licenciado en Medicina y Cirugía y especialista en Neurocirugía, formado como residente en el Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, donde ejerce como Facultativo Especialista, con dedicación exclusiva. Ha realizado una amplia formación nacional e internacional en neurocirugía pediátrica, base de cráneo, cirugía transesfenoidal, vascular y tumoral, con estancias en centros de referencia tanto nacionales (Hospital del Niño Jesús, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Virgen del Rocío) como internacionales: Western General Hospital (Edimburgo), Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore), Policlínico A. Gemelli (Roma), Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas (São Paulo), The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Londres), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Yeditepe University (Estambul), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen y Barrow Neurological Institute (Arizona).

En el Hospital Central de Asturias ha introducido y desarrollado las técnicas de cirugía transesfenoidal y neuroendoscópica, con actividad centrada en las áreas de Neurocirugía Pediátrica, Cirugía Transesfenoidal y Base de Cráneo. Ha colaborado en la organización de cursos y congresos de la Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía, de la Sociedad Española de Base de Cráneo y de la Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía Pediátrica, además de participar en numerosos cursos y congresos nacionales e internacionales. Es miembro activo de diversas sociedades y grupos de trabajo autonómicos y nacionales de Neurocirugía Pediátrica y Neurooncología. Actualmente es asesor neuroquirúrgico de la Fundación ALPE, participando en la atención y en el desarrollo de consensos médicos sobre acondroplasia.

Dr. Rial holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery and is a Board-Certified Neurosurgeon, trained as a resident at the University Central Hospital of Asturias, where he has worked since 1999 as Consultant Neurosurgeon with full-time dedication. He has undertaken extensive national and international training in pediatric neurosurgery, skull base surgery, transsphenoidal surgery, vascular and tumor neurosurgery, with fellowships at leading institutions such as Hospital del Niño Jesús, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Virgen del Rocío (Spain), as well as Western General Hospital (Edinburgh), Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore), Policlinico A. Gemelli (Rome), Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas (São Paulo), The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (London), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Yeditepe University (Istanbul), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen and Barrow Neurological Institute (Arizona).

At the University Central Hospital of Asturias, he introduced and developed transsphenoidal an endoscopic neurosurgical techniques, with a special focus on Pediatric Neurosurgery, Transsphenoidal Surgery and Skull Base Surgery. He has contributed to the organization of national and international congresses and courses of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery, the Spanish Skull Base Society and the Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and has participated in numerous scientific meetings worldwide. He is an active member of several national and regional neurosurgical societies and working groups in Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology. Currently, he serves as neurosurgical advisor to the ALPE Foundation, contributing to patient care and to the development of medical consensus on achondroplasia.