Numerary Member
Health Sciences: PhD in Medicine
Date of admission: 22 October 2025
Admission speech: La salud compartida: del médico que siembra ciencia y humanidad, al paciente que cultiva y cosecha vida (Shared Health: From the Doctor Who Sows Science and Humanity to the Patient Who Cultivates and Harvests Life)
Response speech: Dr. Isidre Fainé Casas, PhD in Economic Sciences
Outstanding career: Recognised for her work in precision oncology treatments and research on personalised radiotherapy, she has contributed to the development of innovative therapies focused on improving patients’ quality of life.
Dr. ELISABETH ESTEFANÍA ARROJO
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- Medical specialist in oncology.
- Degree in Medicine from the University of Navarra.
- PhD Cum Laude from the University of Oviedo.
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Professor of Oncological Hyperthermia at the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM).
- President of the International Society of Clinical Hyperthermia.
- Tutor at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), among other relevant positions.
- She has carried out her work in prestigious American oncology centers, such as 21st Century Oncology, where she served as research coordinator.
- At the UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles, she completed a fellowship in brachytherapy.
- At the Proton Therapy Unit of the Penn Hospital in Philadelphia.
- Head of the Oncological Hyperthermia Department at the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital.
- Founder and Director of the Advanced Oncology Medical Institute (INMOA) with offices in Madrid and Bilbao.
- Founder and Director of the National Cancer Prevention Center (CNPC).
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
- American Brachytherapy Society Award (2014).
- Oncologist of the Year (2020 and 2021).
- Isaac Peral European Research Award.
- Dr. Fleming European Award for Healthcare Excellence (2021 and 2023).
- European Oncology Award on two occasions, among others.
- Her career has been internationally recognized, being distinguished by the United States as an “extraordinary person in science,” an honor also granted to Nobel Prize laureates working in that country.
