With more than 30 years of professional experience as a Thoracic Surgeon, Dr. David Saldaña Garrido, has been trained in hospitals such as Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston or Lund Hospital in Sweden with the world's leading experts in Thoracic Surgery, such as Dr. Hermes Grillo and worked in the most prestigious hospitals in Spain, such as the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, where he is an Assistant Physician and member of the Clinical Trials Committee.  

He has been Coordinator of Lung Transplantation at the University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, President of Neumomadrid (awarded as the best scientific society of the community of Madrid), as well as member of the main national and international scientific societies and with more than 500 publications and communications to national and international congresses, authorship of book chapters and dozens of papers. 

He completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Alcalá with the qualification of outstanding Cum Laude and has been awarded a national prize for research in surgery. He is also specialized in the treatment of lung cancer in advanced stages, minimally invasive surgery such as videothoracoscopy, sweat surgery by reversible sympathectomy, reconstruction of Pectus excavatum by surgery or silicone prosthesis, surgery of the trachea and airway, mediastinal tumors, mesothelioma and diseases of the pleura, among many other advanced procedures. 

• Thoracic Surgery Specialist 
• Assistant Physician of Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Ramón y Cajal. 
• President of Neumomadrid 
• Thoracic Surgeon at the University Hospital Vithas Madrid Aravaca
• Thoracic Surgeon at the University Hospital Vithas Madrid Arturo Soria
• Thoracic Surgeon at the University Hospital Vithas Madrid La Milagrosa 
• Thoracic Surgeon at Hospital San Francisco de Asís 
• Thoracic Surgeon at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Madrid 
• Lung Transplant Coordinator at the University Hospital Ramón y Cajal. 
• Clinical Professor and teaching collaborator in Thoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Alcalá.
• Professor and Coordinator of Thoracic Surgery at the European University of Madrid.
• Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alcalá 
• Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Valladolid. 
• Bachelor's Degree and Licensure Examination with Outstanding Cum Laude Qualification.
• Master's Degree in Medical Direction and Clinical Management, Escuela Nacional de Sanidad.
• Visiting Physician of the Thoracic Surgery Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
• Member: 
  
  • Madrid Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery 
  • Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery
  • European Respiratory Society
  • European Society of Thoracic Surgeons 
  • Thoracic Surgeons Club 
  • Committee of Clinical Trials at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital