ABOUT US – IB Neurocirugia

We are a professional group of neurosurgeons who have worked together for many years in the public health system and the private sector. We lead and are part of the neurosurgery team at the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma de Mallorca. This is the only service in this specialty in the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands, for which we are the regional reference center. We collaborate through this professional society in our private practice.

The main values that identify us are the experience of more than 25 years developing our activity in the specialty, the excellence in the performance of our activity at the forefront of technical and scientific advances, the cohesion in our teamwork, and the human profile with which we try to care for our patients, who often suffer highly complex medical problems.

Our team

Javier Ibáñez

Founding partner of IB Neurocirugía SLP

I studied medicine at the University of Zaragoza, my hometown, obtaining a degree in 1993 and a General Physician certificate from the Ministry of Health and Consumption. I passed the MIR exam that same year and obtained a place to train as a specialist in Neurosurgery at the Hospital Clínic i Provincial and at the Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, centers in Barcelona where I worked until the end of 1998. Afterward, I began my work as an attending physician at the Neurosurgery Service of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in the same city, where I stayed for the next 7 years. In 2005 I moved to Palma de Mallorca, where I obtained the position as Head of the Neurosurgical Department at Son Dureta Hospital and, since 2010, at Son Espases University Hospital. In addition to these centers, I have visited various hospitals in Spain, the United States, France, Belgium, and Germany, and I have taken part in many congresses, courses, and scientific meetings, to complete my training over the years. In 2011 I obtained a PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid with an Extraordinary Award.

In the private sphere, I have been working at Juaneda Miramar since 2011, and since 2015 at the QuirónSalud Palmaplanas Hospital. At the same time, since 2017 I am also an associate professor at the Medical School of the Balearic Islands, teaching neuroanatomy and neurosurgery in the 2nd, 4th, and 6th years.

My training and my interest have been very general and broad throughout my professional career, and I have worked in practically all areas of the specialty, although the ones that mainly concentrate my greatest surgical activity at this time are vascular neurosurgery (cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations), skull base surgery (pituitary tumors, neurinomas, and meningiomas), and spinal surgery.

In the field of research, I am the author of more than 70 scientific publications, with more than 150 communications and presentations at congresses in our specialty. I have taken part as principal investigator and co-investigator in 18 competitive projects and clinical trials, and I am part of the Neurotrauma, Neurocritical, and Neurooncology Research Group of the Balearic Islands Research Institute (IDISBa). I am also a member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC) since 1994, the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) since 2006, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) since 2008, and the World Spine Society (WSCS) since 2010, and I regularly review papers for the journals "Neurosurgery", "World Neurosurgery" and "Neurosurgery".

I am registered as a member of the College of Physicians of the Balearic Islands (COMIB) with the number 0708/30066.

Marta Brell

Founding partner of IB Neurocirugía SLP

Born in Madrid, I studied medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid, obtaining a degree in 1996. After passing the MIR exam that same year, I began my training as an intern resident in Neurosurgery at the Hospital Clínic i Provincial and at the Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona centers between 1996 and 2001. Later, I began my work as an assistant physician at the Neurosurgery Service of the Bellvitge Hospital in the same city. In 2005 I moved to Palma de Mallorca, where I began my professional career at the Son Dureta Hospital and, from 2010, at the Son Espases Hospital where I have been Section Head of the Neurosurgery Service since 2022. I completed the doctoral program "Recerca in Neurological Surgery" at the University of Barcelona between 1998-2000, and in 2011 I obtained the title of Doctor with an outstanding cum-laude qualification. Associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Balearic Islands, teaching neuroanatomy and neurosurgery in 2nd, 4th and 6th years since 2017.

I have been developing my professional activity in the private sphere at Juaneda Miramar hospitals since 2011, and since 2015 at the QuironSalud Palmaplanas Hospital.

In the field of research, I am the author of more than 120 communications and conference presentations in our specialty, 40 scientific publications in journals and 14 book chapters. I have directed several doctoral theses in the field of Neuro-oncology, and have participated as a co-investigator in 13 competitive projects and clinical trials. I am part of the Neurotrauma, Neurocritical and Neurooncology Research Group of the Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IDISBa). I am also a member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC) since May 2002, a member of the "European Association for NeuroOncology" (EANO) since May 2005, a member of the "Congress of Neurological Surgeons" (CNS) since January 2010 and member of the “World Spine Column Society” (WSCS) since May 2010.

My training and my interest have been very general and extensive throughout all these years of my professional career, having dedicated myself to practically all areas of the specialty, although the ones that mainly concentrate my greatest surgical activity at present are oncological neurosurgery, neurosurgery for pain and epilepsy, and pediatric neurosurgery.

I am registered as a member of the College of Physicians of the Balearic Islands (COMIB) with the number 0708/31826.

Victor Goliney

Neurosurgeon

I was born and raised in the city of Kam'yanets'-Podilskiy in western Ukraine. There I began my studies at the nursing school in the year 2000, but in 2002 I moved to Alicante and two years later I entered the Miguel Hernández University of Elche to study medicine. After passing the MIR exam, I got a position as a Neurosurgery resident doctor at the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia in 2011. After completing the training as a specialist doctor, I continued practicing in the same hospital as an assistant doctor, but soon I took the opportunity to work under the leadership of Dr. J. Ibáñez and move to Mallorca, beginning in August 2016 my career at the Son Espases University Hospital, where I continue to this day as an assistant physician in the Neurosurgery service. I am registered as a collegiate member of the College of Physicians of the Balearic Islands (COMIB) with the number 07/4622653.

During the years of training as a specialist in Neurosurgery and in the subsequent performance of the profession I have carried out stays and courses in different hospitals and institutes, both national (Seville, Madrid, Barcelona) and international, including the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Laboratory of Anatomy and Microsurgery From the Hospital de Beneficencia Portuguesa and Hospital Santa Catarina-Paulista de Sao Paulo in Brazil, with Professor Dr. Evandrode Oliveira, whose friendship and mentorship I enjoyed for many years. In the same way, I have taken part in different congresses and scientific meetings in the specialty, I am co-author of several publications and scientific presentations, reviewer of scientific articles on Neurosurgery in the AnnalsofMediterraneanSurgery journal, member of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC) and I am part of the Neurotrauma, Neurocritical and Neurooncology Research Group of the Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IDISBa), participating as a co-investigator in different clinical trials.

In the educational field, I was a tutor at the AMIR academy (2011-2012), a teaching collaborator in the subject of Neurosurgery at the University of Valencia (2011-2016), a professor of courses on neurosurgical approaches to the skull base (University of Valencia) and I am currently an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat de les Illes Balears in charge of the 6th year Neurosurgery rotation.

In the private sphere, I have been working since May 2023 in Juaneda Miramar.

My interests in the neurosurgical field have been very varied, going through practically all areas. However, those of greatest interest are vascular, tumor, skull base, spinal (degenerative, tumor and traumatic) surgery, deep brain stimulation (pathology of movement disorders) and pain (cortical and medullary stimulation, trigeminal nerve neuralgia , peripheral nerve entrapments).

Victor González

Neurosurgeon

Born in Vigo, I studied medicine at the University of Santiago de Compostela, obtaining my degree in 2009. After passing the MIR exam that year, I began training as a resident doctor in Neurosurgery at the Hospital Clínic i Provincial and the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona between 2010 and 2015.
After completing my training and working for a few months as an assistant in these centers, I moved to Palma de Mallorca in 2015. I then began my professional development as a specialist doctor in the Neurosurgery service at the Son Espases University Hospital, where I continue to this day.
Over the years, I have enriched my training with international experiences, including stays, courses, and conferences in Marseille, Lyon, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Brno, and Sydney. In 2023, I was awarded a PhD in Neurosciences from the University of the Balearic Islands with a cum-laude grade. I have also completed two master's degrees, focusing on the subspecialties of functional neurosurgery and neurooncology.
At the teaching level, I was a collaborator during all my years of residency in Neurosurgery at the University of Barcelona. I continue as an associate professor at the UIB Faculty of Medicine in the rotation of 6th-year students.
I have led an international cooperation mission at the NED Mnazi Mmoja Neurosurgery Institute in Zanzibar (Tanzania). I am currently pursuing a master's degree in Health Humanitarian Action at the University of Alcalá.
In the field of research, I am the author of several scientific publications in international journals and book chapters and a co-investigator of various projects linked to the Balearic Islands Research Institute (IDISBa). I belong to several professional associations, such as the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (SENEC), the European Association of NeuroOncology (EANO), and the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN).
My private activity has focused on Juaneda Miramar since June 2024.
My professional interests span a wide range of neurosurgical subspecialties. Currently, I am most active in functional neurosurgery (movement disorders, epilepsy, pain, and psychiatric disorders), oncological neurosurgery, spinal surgery, and peripheral nerve entrapment and transposition.
I am registered as a member of the College of Physicians of the Balearic Islands (COMIB) with the number 07/0846308

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