Antonio Llombart Cussac

Antonio Llombart Cussac

Medical Oncology

Breast Cancer

Idiomas: English, French and Spanish

Born in Valencia in 1964, he is currently the Head of the Medical Oncology Service of the Arnau de Vilanova Hospital of Valencia, coordinator of the Breast Cancer research group of the Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida), Associate Professor at the University of Lleida (UDL, Universidad de Lleida), and scientific coordinator of the SOLTI breast cancer research group. He is also a member of the leading European and American oncology societies.

Having initially studied at the universities of Valencia and Navarra, he completed his training as a resident physician at the Clinical Hospital of Valencia. He subsequently completed stays at the Gustave Roussy Institute (1994-1997) and at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre (MSKCC) of New York (2001). He carried out his health care activity at the Valencian Institute of Oncology (IVO,Instituto Valenciano de Oncología) foundation (1998-2005) and worked as head of the Medical Oncology Service of the Arnau de Vilanova Hospital in Lleida (2005-2011).

He is recognised as an international expert in breast cancer, having published over 150 articles in international journals and led several research projects supported by competitive local, national, and international grants.