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ISIDRO MARTINEZ CASAS

We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Isidro Martínez Casas to EST Congress 2025, taking place 10–14 November in Bucharest.

Born in Barcelona, Dr. Martínez Casas earned his medical degree and PhD at the University of Barcelona, trained in laparoscopic and trauma surgery in New York and Johannesburg, and has gone on to lead and establish emergency surgery units in Torrevieja, Jaén, Huelva and now at Hospital Virgen del Rocío in Seville, focusing on trauma, emergency surgery and the management of the hostile abdomen.

He has taught surgery and anatomy at several Spanish universities, is a MUSEC developer, ATLS and DSTC instructor, regular faculty in EASC courses and serves on the steering committee of the AAST/ESTES Emergency Surgery Course. Within ESTES, he has been a board member since 2008, Vice-Chair of the Emergency Surgery Section, President of ECTES Valencia 2018, Executive Board Treasurer (2020–2025) and has recently been appointed President-Elect for 2026.

Don’t miss the chance to hear him share his experience and insights with our community this November in Bucharest.

Come to learn. Come to EST.