Juan José Segura-Sampedro MBE (born 4 September 1985) is a Spanish

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and researcher at

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, and

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University of the Balearic Islands The University of the Balearic Islands (, UIB; ) is a Balearic Islands, Balearic Spain, Spanish university, founded in 1978 and located in Palma de Mallorca, Palma on the island of Majorca. The university is funded by the autonomous Government o ...

. He is best known for his research in

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, focused on the balconing phenomenon and a preventive campaign in collaboration with the

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Biography

He received his

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from

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in 2009 and completed his general and digestive surgery training at Virgen del Rocío University Hospital in Seville and at St Marks Hospital in London. He received his PhD Cum laude from the

University of Seville The University of Seville (''Universidad de Sevilla'') is a university in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded under the name of ''Colegio Santa María de Jesús'' in 1505, in 2022 it has a student body of 57,214,U-Ranking Universidades español ...

in 2016. Segura-Sampedro taught surgery at the

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in Castellón.

Balconing

Segura-Sampedro and his team first described the balconing phenomenon in 2017 and published their data in a paper entitled ''Balconing: An alcohol-induced craze that injures tourists. Characterization of the phenomenon.'' in the journal ''

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''. The researchers pointed to

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as the main

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to suffer this

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. He also pointed out that Irish and British people were the most likely to suffer this kind of trauma, triggering different campaigns against alcohol during holidays and close to balconies in Ireland, United Kingdom and Spain. After the paper was published, a preventive campaign was developed in collaboration with the

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where Segura-Sampedro talked to British youth about avoiding injuries and not becoming a victim of this phenomenon. After this, Segura-Sampedro participated in similar campaigns on Irish

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television, and on British

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television where he explained balconing and its consequences on the

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programme. The main discoveries of Segura-Sampedro et al. findings regarding balconing were the subset of population who suffers from it, male tourists from northern Europe, and its relation with

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and

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. These findings have conducted Balearic authorities towards new policies to control

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as they look for reducing the spate of accidents. The Balearic government is concerned that "all-in" package holidays, might encourage drunkenness and antisocial dangerous behaviour. As a result of this research and its impact on Calvià, he was awarded the Order of Merit of the

Calvià Calvià () is a municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is located in the southwestern part of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burgue ...

Police Force in 2018, for his outstanding contribution to improving the safety of visitors with his research and campaigns against uncivil tourism in Calvià.

Oncologic surgery and innovations

At Son Espases University Hospital, his research was focused on oncologic surgery (cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC) and trauma surgery. He has developed and patented an app for surgical patients and a new packing system to control

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bleeding after

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. , he has a ''h''-index of 19 and has published more than 130

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Merits and awards

He was awarded with the " Mateu Orfila" research prize of the Balearic Official

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in 2019 for his research work on

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associated to

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and transfusion during

cytoreductive surgery Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) is a surgical procedure that aims to reduce the amount of cancer cells in the abdominal cavity for patients with tumors that have spread intraabdominally ( peritoneal carcinomatosis). It is often used to treat ovarian c ...

and HIPEC. He was awarded with the 2019 research prize of the Balearic Medical Academy for his work about

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with

hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a type of hyperthermia therapy used in combination with surgery in the treatment of advanced abdominal cancers. In this procedure, warmed anti-cancer medications are infused and circulated in th ...

. He was awarded with the "Metge Matas" research prize of the Balearic Official

in 2020 for his research work on a new device "for grade IV–V liver injury in porcine model". He was one of the Spanish scientists invited to the

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Summit in Spain due to his advances in

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follow-up for surgical patients. He was founder and current editor of the academic journal Annals of Mediterranean Surgery. He is a committee member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and a member of the Spanish Chapter of the World Society for Emergency Surgery. He serves as an associated editor of Frontiers in Surgery and Frontiers in Oncology and a Guest Editor of

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Honours

* In 2018 he was awarded the Order of Police Merit for his contribution to improving visitor safety through his investigations and campaigns in Calviá. * In 2021 he was awarded the MBE by the British Government for services to British visitors to Spain, due to his research and prevention work to avoid alcohol-related trauma among British tourists.

Books published

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Segura-Sampedro, Juan Jose Spanish surgeons Researchers in alcohol abuse Academic staff of the University of the Balearic Islands 1985 births Living people Honorary members of the Order of the British Empire