Miss Laura Spanu

Miss Laura Spanu is a Consultant General Surgeon at the North Middlesex University Hospital, London since January 2014, and is currently the Clinical Lead for General and Emergency Surgery. She's been registered on the GMC Specialist Register since 2009. 

IMiss Spanu qualified as a General Surgeon in Spain, in 2006, Barcelona Clinic Hospital, with solid training in General and Emergency Surgery, Laparoscopic GI surgery and HPB surgery. She worked as a Consultant General and Upper GI Laparoscopic Surgeon in Spain from 2006 until 2013. 

Miss Spanu expanded her clinical skills with extensive training in UK, during Clinical Fellowships in Hepato- Bilio – Pancreatic and Liver transplant surgery in Royal Free Hospital, London, then Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Whittington Hospital London and Trauma/Emergency Surgery and Endocrine Surgery at the King’s College Hospital in London, between 2011 and 2014. 

Clinical Interests

• Benign colorectal
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Upper GI – benign biliary pathology
• Open and laparoscopic emergency surgery (adults and children)
• Acute surgical treatment for acute cholecystitis (laparoscopic) and pancreatitis

Professional Memberships

• General Medical Council Member
• World Society of Emergency and Trauma(WSET) Member
• Col.legi Oficial de Metges Barcelona (COMB -Barcelona Official Medical College) Member
• Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC - Spanish Association of Surgeons) Member

Current NHS and /or University Posts

• North Middlesex University Hospital, London