Dr. Néstor J. Martínez Hernández is a Thoracic Surgery Specialist with extensive experience in Minimally Invasive Surgery. His professional skills have allowed him great achievements, including becoming Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery, Guest Editor of the Journal of Visualized Experiments and Director of various training courses for surgical residents with the endorsement of the SECT.  

For more than 10 years he has been developing an outstanding work in the University Hospital of La Ribera that positions him as a reference in his field of work, being previously in other health care centers in Valencia as in the Hospital de Manises, which is part of his career. 

Recently, he has been recognized for performing the first reported application of video-assisted thoracic surgery for the early repair of a post-intubation tracheal laceration, a project that leads his work as a researcher that combines perfectly with his clinical care and university teaching activities. 

• President of the Scientific Council of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT)
• Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery
• Thoracic Surgeon at the University Hospital La Ribera
• Thoracic Surgeon Editor of Cirugía Española in Elsevier
• Guest Editor at the Journal of Visualized Experiments
• Associate Professor at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Valencia 
• Thoracic Surgeon at the Manises Hospital 
• Visiting Physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Resident Medical Intern at the General University Hospital of Valencia 
• Visiting Physician at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, U.S.A. 
• Visiting Physician at Yale New Haven Hospital, USA 
• Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Valencia, Spain
• Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valencia, Spain
• Specialist in Thoracic Surgery 
• Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the University of Valencia
• Antonio Caralps y Masso Award of the SECT for the Best Communication in Thoracic Surgery
• First Prize of IX Edition to the Best Specialist in Training at the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
• Member: 
  
  • European Society for Thoracic Surgery (ESTS) 
  • Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT) 
  • Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) 
  • Valencian Society of Pneumology (SVN)