When I look back, I clearly remember the moments that made me understand that urology was not just a medical specialty for me: it was a way of serving. Throughout all these years as a urologist, each patient has reminded me of something essential: behind every diagnosis there is a person with their own story. That reality is what drives me every day to improve, innovate, and offer a more human, high-quality urology.
Today, I am thrilled to share with you a very personal project, a dream that is finally taking shape: Fundación ROC.
I have witnessed how medicine changes lives, but I also know that access to healthcare is not the same for everyone. That is why, at ROC Clinic, we felt the need to take a further step. For years we have worked in training, research, and cooperation, and the Fundación ROC was created precisely to strengthen, organise, and expand all that effort. Establishing a non-profit organisation is the way to channel this vision and continue promoting a form of urology that reaches further and to more people.
The Fundación ROC is built on three fundamental pillars:
- Training and education. I want more professionals to be able to train, rotate, and learn the most advanced techniques, while always maintaining that spirit of closeness with patients. That is why we will promote scholarships, training stays, and rotation programmes, so that urologists from all over the world have the opportunity to grow and return that knowledge where it is most needed.
- Scientific research. Urology is evolving at great speed, and I firmly believe that we must generate our own knowledge. Through clinical studies, collaborations with research centres, and original projects, we aim to contribute to the development of more effective and accessible treatments for the future.
- International cooperation. This is perhaps the pillar that excites me the most, because it is not just about providing occasional help, but about building a sustainable model. Working alongside hospitals in countries with fewer resources, not only to operate, but to teach, train in new technologies, and leave long-lasting capacity.
In Tanzania, we have already begun collaborations to strengthen urology units in local hospitals, and we are also supporting education through the construction of a school in Mwanzugi. In Honduras, we are developing complex urological surgery campaigns, always with a focus on comprehensive training and support.
My conviction is clear: medicine must offer more than immediate solutions. It must also help communities grow and strengthen themselves. With the Fundación ROC, we aim to build a model that does not rely solely on external aid, but instead generates autonomy, knowledge, and dignity.
This is not an individual project—it belongs to all of us. Therefore, I invite institutions, companies, professionals, and individuals to join this mission. Every contribution—financial, technical, or through dissemination—multiplies what we can achieve. Transforming the urological health of one person matters, but improving the health of an entire community is a true legacy.
I am excited for what lies ahead and convinced that, by working together, we can turn this dream into a reality that improves the lives of many people.
