Fernando Rotellar, MD PhD, is Head of the Department of Abdominal and General Surgery and Director of the HPB and Liver Transplant Unit at Clinica Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, where he is staff surgeon since 2002. In 2008 he obtained his PhD degree and was then appointed as Consultant Surgeon and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. He has also obtained both the European Board Accreditation (UEMS) in HPB Surgery and in Transplantation (multiorgan retrieval and liver transplantation).
With a solid background in advanced laparoscopic procedures (adrenal, hiatal hernia, bariatric and oncological procedures), and as a specialist in HPB and Liver Transplant surgery he has contributed to develop and expand the minimally invasive approach in HPB surgery. After a significant experience in laparoscopic liver surgery, he also contributed to develop the laparoscopic approach in living donor hepatectomies for adult liver transplantation. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and described different minimally invasive surgical techniques and approaches for both liver and pancreatic procedures.