Dr. Natalia Picola Brau
Dr. Natalia Picola Brau obtained her medical degree in University of Barcelona and completed her Urology Residence in Bellvitge University Hospital
Dr. Natalia Picola Brau obtained her medical degree in University of Barcelona and completed her Urology Residence in Bellvitge University Hospital, where she currently works as an attending. Her main areas of interest include sexual medicine and andrology, as well as urologic oncology, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, developing her professional activity in both public and private health systems. She has completed her training at the Hospices Civil de Lyon (Hôpital Lyon Sud) and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Moreover, she has a special interest in teaching and research, being a regular speaker in national and international medical congresses.
EXPERIENCE
TITLES
TECHNIQUES
TEACHING
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
COMMUNICATIONS
AWARDS
EXPERIENCE
- Urology Residency – Bellvitge University Hospital (2016-2021)
- Consultant Urologist, Urology department – Bellvitge University Hospital (2021-present)
- Consultant Urologist, AndrologiaBarcelona Teknon – 2021-present
TITLES
- Bachelor in Medicine – Universitat de Barcelona (2015)
- General Surgery Research Rotation, Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) laboratory, Transplant Section – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (EUA). (June – August 2012).
- MIR (Urology training) – Bellvitge University Hospital – Hospitalet de Llobregat (2021)
- Clinical and Research Observership en Laparoscopic and robotic surgery in Prostate Cancer under the supervision of Dr. K. Touijer. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (USA). (September – October 2019).
- Clinical Observership als Hospices Civil de Lyon (Hôpital Lyon Sud) under the supervision Dr. N. Morel-Journel. (November 2019).
TECHNIQUES
- Urological, laparoscopic and robotic surgery
- Andrologic surgery
- Prosthetic surgery
TEACHING
- Teaching of undergraduate students from the Bellvitge Campus Medicine Teaching Unit. Bellvitge University Hospital – Universitat de Barcelona (2016-present).
PUBLICATIONS
1st author:
- Infrapubic surgical approach for penile prosthesis surgery: Indications and technique. Actas Urol Esp. 2020 Jun;44(5):301-308.
- Analysis of satisfaction and surgical outcomes of a major ambulatory surgery program for penile implant. Actas Urol Esp. 2020 Jun;44(5):262-267.
Co-author:
- Initial experience in microsurgical treatment of varicocele: Comparative analysis with conventional macrosurgical varicocelectomy. Rev Int Androl. 2020 Jan 22:S1698-031X(19)30088-3
- Targeted biopsies using magnetic resonance imaging/ultrasonograpgy fusion compared with sistematic biopsies prostate cancer detection. Initial experience. Archivos Españoles de Urología. 73 (3). 192-201. 2020.
- Comparison of standard vs. palliative management for bladder cancer in patients older than 85 years: multicenter study of 317 de novo tumors. Urologic Oncology. 38(2). 40.e9-40.e15. February 2020.
BOOKS
- Capítulo VIII.7 Alteraciones del orgasmo y eyaculación masculina. Tratado de Urología de la AEU. ISBN:978-84-09-16825-5
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral communications and posters: >30 projects presented in national and international congresses, being the following ones the most relevant.
- Clinical impact of perfusion fluid contamination in kidney transplant. 33rd Annual European Association of Urology Congress (EAU). Febrero 2018. Copenhagen, Dinamarca.
- Implante de prótesis de pene en priapismo isquémico. Congreso ASESA, Mayo 2019. (Cádiz, España).
- Surgical outcomes and satisfaction rates in outpatient penile prosthesis surgery. 22nd ESSM Congress, Enero 2020. Praga, República Checa.
- Outcomes of simultaneous implantation of an inflatable penile prostheses and radical prostatectomy. 22nd ESSM Congress, Enero 2020. Praga, República Checa.
- Synchronous implantation of an inflatable penile prosthesis and a transcorporal artificial urinary sphincter. 22nd ESSM Congress, Enero 2020. Praga, República Checa.
- Do aged Maastricht-III kidney donors have worse clinical outcomes than aged donors after brain death? A single center, matched-pair study. AUA Congress, Junio 2020.
- Comparison of morbidity between limited and extended pelvic lymph node dissection for prostate cancer: results from a large, clinically-integrated, randomized trial. AUA Congress, Junio 2020.
- Comparison of clinical outcomes between Maastricht-III kidney donors >65 years old and donors after brain death: A single center, matched-pair study. 4. 35th Annual EAU Congress (EAU20), Julio 2020.
- Multifocal partial nephrectomy in a solitary kidney. 35th Annual EAU Congress (EAU20), Julio 2020.
AWARDS
- Award for the best poster in the Rising Stars in Urology. XI Rising Stars in Urology. March 2021.
