Cranial neurosurgery
- Gliomas and glioblastomas
- Brain metastases
- Meningiomas
- Vestibular schwannoma / acoustic neuroma
- Skull-base tumours
- Intraventricular tumours and deep brain lesions
- Complex cranial surgery and reoperations
Specialist neurosurgery · Alicante and Elche
Brain and spine neurosurgery
Individual assessment of brain and spinal conditions, grounded in clinical judgment, available evidence and a clear explanation of the alternatives.
Spine and spinal cord surgery
- Cervical disc herniation
- Cervical canal stenosis and myelopathy
- Lumbar disc herniation and sciatica
- Lumbar canal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis and lumbar instability
- Vertebral tumours and spinal metastases
- Intradural and nerve-root tumours
- Intramedullary tumours
- Complex spine surgery and reoperations
Functional neurosurgery and pain surgery
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Hemifacial spasm
- Parkinson's disease
- Essential tremor
- Dystonia
- Neuropathic and chronic pain
- Spinal cord stimulation and neuromodulation
Professional biography
Clinical career and international training
A neurosurgeon with more than 14 years' experience as a specialist, focused on brain, skull-base and spine surgery and functional neurosurgery.
He graduated in Medicine from the University of Valencia in 2005 and completed his Neurosurgery residency at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia between 2006 and 2011. He was awarded a cum laude PhD in Medicine and Surgery by the same university in 2013.
From 2011 to 2012, he completed a twelve-month fellowship in surgical neuroanatomy and cerebral microsurgery at Yeditepe University Hospital in Istanbul under Prof Uğur Türe. His international training also included placements at the University of California, San Francisco, with Professors Mitchel Berger and Michael Lawton, as well as training periods in Japan with Takanori Fukushima and in Helsinki with Juha Hernesniemi.
Since March 2012, he has worked as a consultant neurosurgeon at Alicante University General Hospital. He also sees private patients at IMED Alicante and IMED Elche, with a particular focus on brain and skull-base tumours, complex spine surgery, spinal cord lesions and functional neurosurgery.
He combines clinical practice with teaching as an Associate Professor at the University of Alicante and Chair of the EANS Training Committee. His research focuses on surgical neuroanatomy, neuro-oncology, 3D and virtual-reality planning, and cortical neuroprostheses, with research activity linked to ISABIAL.
Research and teaching
Clinical practice connected with research
Research is integrated into clinical practice and training. CORTIVIS is one line of work alongside neuroanatomy, neuro-oncology and surgical planning.
Translational research · Since 2016
CORTIVIS Project
A Miguel Hernández University project investigating a cortical visual prosthesis. Dr González-López coordinates the neurosurgical team responsible for planning and implanting the microelectrode arrays.
CORTIVIS ↗Research and teaching
Teaching and training
University teaching and faculty activity within EANS international programmes. Direction of 3DNeuroanatomy and involvement in education and cooperation initiatives with NED Foundation.
Specialist assessment
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Diagnosis, surgical indication and treatment alternatives for patients from across Spain and abroad. Care available in Spanish and English.
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