Fernando Lopez-rios MD, PhD

Dr. Fernando Lopez-Rios has recently joined the Department of Pathology at “12 de Octubre” University Hospital (Madrid) as the Chief of the Molecular Diagnostics Service. He received his medical degree and PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at Autonoma University and Complutense University respectively and completed his residency in Pathology at “12 de Octubre” University Hospital (Madrid). Dr Lopez-Rios has also been the Director of the Therapeutic Targets Laboratory at “HM Hospitals” and a visiting researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (USA). His main clinical and research expertise is in cancer biomarker testing, with a special interest in lung cancer and mesothelioma. He is currently a member of the IASLC Pathology Committee.