Rafael Sanchez-salas MD

Rafael Sanchez-Salas is a surgeon and clinician scientist with main interest in minimally invasive treatments in Urological Oncology. He is an established leader in the emerging field of Focal Therapy for the treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer. Dr. Sanchez-Salas earned his Medical degree from the Universidad de los Andes in Mérida, Venezuela. He completed his basic Surgical and Urological training at Hospital Clinico Universitario at Universidad Central de Venezuela in 2005. After fellowship training, he joined the Department of Urology at L’Institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris, France as Faculty from 2008 and until 2021. During his time in Paris, Dr. Sanchez-Salas worked extensively on robotic surgery and the development of partial gland ablation for Prostate Cancer treatment. He was responsible for the fellowship program organization at L’Institut Mutualiste Montsouris and he actively participated in the mentoring and training of a number of young urological surgeons. Dr. Sanchez Salas has recently joined the Division of Urology at McGill University with the aim of further developing Localized Prostate Cancer and minimally invasive surgery research. Dr. Sanchez-Salas has coined a sound international career as a talented surgical proctor and cancer researcher. Dr Sanchez-Salas serves on Boards of the Société International d’Urologie (SIU) and the Confederacion Americana de Urologia (CAU). He is among the founders members Focal Therapy Society. Dr Sanchez-Salas is a member of the Editorial Board for “European Urology Focus”, “The Journal of Endourology Part B, Videourology” and “Actas Españolas de Urologia”. He is a Reviewer for major Urological and Oncological journals. He has authored over 200 indexed scientific papers.