About me
Dr. Diego Ferrández Spine neurosurgeon in Elche · Training and career
- Medical registration no.
- 03/5012465 · Official College of Physicians of Alicante
- Publications
- ResearchGate
- My blog (Spanish)
- tuespalda.com
- Doctoralia
- Doctoralia profile
- Practice
- Part of NG Clínicas
- My spine software
- ScolioSim
I am a neurosurgeon. I graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra, completed my neurosurgery residency at the Miguel Servet University Hospital in Zaragoza, including an observership in functional surgery at Toronto Western Hospital, and worked as a staff neurosurgeon at the Miguel Servet itself and at the General University Hospital of Elche.
Since 2005 I have devoted myself to the spine in dedicated units: I head the Spine Unit at HLA La Vega Hospital in Murcia, and I also operate in the spine units of Quirónsalud Torrevieja Hospital and IMED Elche Hospital. I see patients at NG Clínicas in Elche.
My focus is spine surgery and pain treatment with minimally invasive techniques: the least aggression for the best result. But technique is not everything. This is not about operating, but about selecting the treatment, and quite often the best option is not to operate.
“In 2026, technology allows us to be more precise than ever, but medical judgement is still the deciding factor for success.”
Education
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1989-1995
Degree in Medicine and Surgery
University of Navarra
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1996-2001
Neurosurgery residency
Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza
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2000
Observership in functional surgery
Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto
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2001
Specialist qualification in Neurosurgery
Spanish Ministry of Health
Career
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2001-2002
Staff neurosurgeon
Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza
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2002-2011
Staff neurosurgeon
General University Hospital of Elche
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Since 2004
Elche
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2005-2017
Head of the Spine Unit
Clínica Recoletas / Quirónsalud Albacete Hospital
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Since 2005
Head of the Spine Unit
HLA La Vega Hospital, Murcia
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2010-2020
Spine Unit
HLA Vistahermosa Hospital, Alicante
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Since 2010
Spine Unit
Quirónsalud Torrevieja Hospital
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Since 2023
Spine Unit
IMED Elche Hospital
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Since 2026
Free surgical planning software for scoliosis and spinal deformity
What I focus on
- Spine surgery and pain treatment, with a minimally invasive approach.
- Improving processes for high performance, with attention to clinical outcomes and to making the best use of hospital resources.
Industry and surgical training
I work regularly with the medical device industry —Stryker, Medtronic, B. Braun, NEO, Boston Scientific and Cousin, among others— on implant development and on training surgeons who are starting out.
Some of the techniques I use
Each one has its own page, with its indications and the questions I am asked most often in clinic.
My approach to evidence
About scientific evidence
For some of the techniques I use there are not yet studies with the highest level of evidence, and it is worth explaining why. Reaching that level takes large, randomised, controlled, multicentre trials, which require an enormous investment of money and human resources, as well as institutional support that almost always goes only to projects with an expected financial return. There are simple techniques whose effectiveness we see every day in medical practice, but which have not gathered the money, the professionals' time or the backing needed to launch level 1 evidence studies. Nothing I do is a matter of whim or commercialism: I recommend a treatment only when the indications of evidence are promising and, above all, when the safety of the procedure is not in question. And we always discuss it in the consultation before deciding.
Publications and outreach
Segura-Trepichio M, Ferrández-Sempere D, López-Prats F, Segura-Ibáñez J, Maciá-Soler L. Pedicular dynamic stabilization system. Functional outcomes and implant-related complications for the treatment of degenerative lumbar disc disease with a minimum follow-up of 4 years. Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, 2014; 58(2): 85-91. In Spanish.
doi:10.1016/j.recot.2013.10.005I write about the spine and back pain for patients, in Spanish: techniques, indications and the limits of each one.
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