The 5 best Spanish oral and maxillofacial surgeons chosen by their peers

Every week, ABC Salud brings you the ranking of the best medical professionals, chosen by their peers, according to the Healthcare Reputation Monitor (MRS) prepared by Merco, to which this newspaper has had exclusive access.

In the first installment of this series, we met the 10 best Spanish cardiologists, as chosen by other heart specialists. Then came the top 10 best Digestive System specialists , as judged by other gastroenterologists; the 10 best dermatologists , the 10 best oncologists , the 10 best neurologists , the 10 best hematologists , the 10 best endocrinologists , the 10 best pulmonologists , the 10 best urologists , the 10 best nephrologists , the 10 best ophthalmologists , the 10 best ENT specialists , the 10 best anesthesiologists , the 10 best traumatologists , the 10 best pediatricians , the 10 best allergists , the 10 best rheumatologists , the 10 best intensivists , the 10 best internists and the 10 best psychiatrists . Now it's the turn of the most valued specialists in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery .

The MRS has been evaluating the reputation of key players in the Spanish healthcare system ( best public and private hospitals , services, pharmaceutical companies, etc.) for over 10 years. This time, it completes the report with the second edition of its ranking of the best doctors .

Within the same MRS questionnaire, the specialists themselves (6,060 doctors) and more than 100 pharmaceutical company managers, are the ones who choose their colleagues who, in their opinion, are the best healthcare professionals in 32 medical specialties .

The monitoring and verification of its development process and results are subject to independent review by KPMG, in accordance with the ISAE 3000 standard, which publishes its opinion for each edition. All weighting criteria are public. Due to its ethical values ​​and methodology, it is the benchmark ranking for physicians and scientific societies.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are specialists who study, diagnose, prevent, treat, and rehabilitate pathologies of the mouth, face, and craniofacial region , as well as the cervical organs and structures directly or indirectly related to them.

Some of the pathologies treated by this specialty are tumors, fractures and wounds of the face, congenital malformations such as cleft lip , cleft palate or alterations in the shape of the skull, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the face, oral surgery, pathologies of the temporomandibular joint or diseases of the salivary glands.

This is the top 5 of the most valued by their specialty colleagues:

1.-Julio Acero Sanz. Ramón y Cajal University Hospital.

Head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service at the Ramón y Cajal, Puerta de Hierro and Quirónsalud Madrid University Hospitals, specialist at the Dr. Julio Acero Institute of Maxillofacial Surgery (IMA), associate professor, head of the Surgery Teaching Unit at the University of Alcalá, head of the 'Simulation and personalized computer-assisted surgery' research group, Ramon y Cajal Research Institute (IRYCIS), director of the European Course on Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, past president of the European Society of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery and former president (2015-2017) of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

2.-Jose Luis Cebrian Carretero. La Paz University Hospital.

Head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at La Paz University Hospital, President of the Spanish Society of Oral, Maxillofacial, Head and Neck Surgery (SECOMCyC), Head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Departments at Quirónsalud La Luz and Quirónsalud Sur Hospitals, Director of the 3D Management Laboratory at La Paz University Hospital, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid.

3.-Federico Hernández Alfaro. Teknon-Quironsalud Medical Center.

Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Teknon Medical Center, medical director of the Maxillofacial Institute and maxillofacial surgeon at Stetik Studio, professor, associate professor and head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the International University of Catalonia, member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Oral Implantology and the Spanish Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

4.-Alicia Dean Ferrer. King Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba.

Head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the Reina Sofía University Hospital in Córdoba and associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Córdoba.

5.-Florencio Monje Gil. Cicom Monje Clinic.

Director of the Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the CICOM Monje Clinic (Center for Implantology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), president of FEDICOM (Foundation for the Study and Development of Implantology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Extremadura, Past President of SECOMCyC and member of the European Society of Temporomandibular and Surgery and Past President (2013-2014).