Isabel-Teresa Rubio

Isabel T. Rubio, MD, PhD, FEBS, FSSO
Breast Surgical Oncology, Director
Clinica Universidad de Navarra,
Professor of Surgery,
Universidad de Navarra
Madrid, Spain

Special Interest

• Breast

Isabel T. Rubio is the Director of the Breast Surgical Unit at Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Previously she was the Chief of Breast Surgical Oncology at the Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron, and Associate Professor at the Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona. Dr. Rubio trained as a Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock and at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Dr. Rubio is  President of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) and President of the European Societ of Surgical Oncology (ESSO). She is Founding member and Past President of the Spanish Association of Breast Surgeons (AECIMA) member of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO). She is a member of the Editorial Board, Breast Section of the European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO), Reviewer  for The Breast, the European Journal of Surgical Oncology and the Annals of Surgical Oncology. She is an officer at the UEMS Breast Surgery Division and participates as an examiner in the EBSQ Examinations in Breast Surgery.

Dr. Rubio has participated as part of the Steering and Executive Committees in several international, multicentre randomized trials. Dr. Rubio has published several national and international peer review manuscripts and book chapters. Her interest is in sentinel lymph node biopsy, neoadjuvant treatments, ultrasound guided surgery and surgical management of BRCA mutation carriers.