Dra. Sara Marín

Graduate in Medicine from the University of Extremadura. Specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Hospital de la Santa Creu y Sant Pau in Barcelona. Experience in assisted reproduction in international reference centres

Extra information:. Member of the SEF and the ESHRE. Awarded with the Young Investigator Award at the SEUD congress 2021. Work at Fertty: Gynaecologist specialising in assisted reproduction.

“I consider that accompanying patients on such an important journey in their lives as the search for pregnancy, and helping them to achieve it, is one of the most complete and rewarding processes in our speciality.”

Graduate in Medicine from the University of Extremadura. Specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Hospital de la Santa Creu y Sant Pau in Barcelona. Clinical associate professor at the UAB from 2018 to 2022. Since the beginning of my residency, my passion for assisted reproduction has always been clear to me. For this reason, I undertook a more focused training in this field, with multiple courses and an external rotation in an assisted reproduction centre with great international impact. For all these reasons, since I finished my specialisation in gynaecology and obstetrics, I have focused my professional career on assisted reproduction, working in major international centres of reference and continuously training with great professionals. 

 

Member of the SEF and the ESHRE. Awarded with the Young Investigator Award at the SEUD congress 2021. Work at Fertty: Gynaecologist specialising in assisted reproduction.

Interview
Why did you become a fertility expert?

When you start your residency (MIR in Spanish), everything seems interesting right from the outset. You are open to the many and varied opportunities offered by this speciality, until I did my training rotation in reproductive medicine; then it became clear to me that this was the field in which I wanted to specialise in and where I was going to feel more comfortable. Helping couples to make their dream come true gives me great satisfaction and makes me feel very useful.

Why are you proud to work at Fertty?

When Juanjo and Miguel Ángel asked me to join them, the truth is that I didn’t think twice. In fact, I had already visualised that situation, it was like a “déjà vu”. The possibility of working in a field you really enjoy and also doing so with a group of friends who are great professionals … you can’t ask for more!

What is your attitude in patient management?

I like to share the therapeutic plan with the couple, involving them in the decision-making process. This is how I believe an atmosphere of trust is generated. Empathy, sincerity, information and support are the keys to success.

Have there been patients who inspire you?

Yes, in personalised medicine all couples are a source of inspiration, some for their complexity from a medical standpoint, and others for their perseverance and resilience in the face of adversity. Life lessons that you take home with you.

How do you spend your free time?

Whenever possible, outdoors and sharing it with my family and friends. Hiking, the mountains in general, give me a lot of energy to face the new challenges that the day-to-day brings. I also relax a lot by cooking, putting a lot of love into the culinary dishes and of course sharing them with good friends.

How would you describe your personality?

I consider myself sociable, approachable, transparent, and loyal to my friends. However, I must confess that in certain situations I am a bit rigid, I like things in a certain way. I’m aware that flexibility is a great virtue, and the truth is that I try to improve this aspect.

Scientific publications

 

  • Salvador Alarcón, C. , Gibert Ventura, M. (2020). Infección de transmisión sexual (ITS) en la adolescencia. Medicina de la adolescencia. Atención integral. 3ª edición. (pp 1255-1262).Barcelona. Ergón.

 

  • Preservation of fertility in patients with cancer (Review) Sofía del‑Pozo‑Lérida, Cristina Salvador, Fina Martínez‑Soler, Avelina Tortosa, Manuel Perucho and Pepita Giménez‑Bonafé. Oncol Rep 2019 May;41(5):2607-2614.

 

  • Stability of genomic imprinting and gestational-age dynamic methylation in complicated pregnancies conceived following assisted reproductive technologies. Camprubí C, Iglesias-Platas I, Martin-Trujillo A, Salvador Alarcon C, Rodriguez MA, Barredo DR, Court F, Monk D.Biol Reprod. 2013 Sep 5;89(3):50.

 

  • Callejo J, Salvador C, González-Nuñez S, Almeida L, Rodriguez L, Marqués L, Valls A, Lailla JM. Live birth in a woman without ovaries after autograft of frozen-thawed ovarian tissue combined with growth factors. J Ovarian Res. 2013 May 7;6(1):33. doi: 10.1186/1757-2215-6-33.

 

  • Salvador C. Esteve C. (2013). Atención ginecológica en la infancia y adolescencia. Grupo de Ginecología de la Infancia y Adolescencia. Abuso sexual y traumatismos sexuales. Madrid. SEGO.

 

  • Díaz M, Chacón MR, López-Bermejo A, Masip Maymó-E, C Salvador, J Vendrell, de Zegher F, L. Ibáñez Ethinyl Estradiol-Cyproterone Acetate Versus Low-Dose Pioglitazone-Flutamide-Metformin for Adolescent Girls with Androgen Excess: Divergent Effects on CD163, TWEAK Receptor, ANGPTL4, and LEPTIN Expression in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue. J Clin Endocrinol Metab . 2012 Oct; 97 (10) :3630-8. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-1754. Epub 2012 Jul 12.

 

  • Ibáñez L, Díaz M, Sebastiani G, Sánchez Infantes D, Salvador C, López Bermejo A, De Zegher F. Treatment of Androgen Excess in Adolescent Girls: Ethinylestradiol-Cyproteroneacetate Versus Low-Dose Pioglitazone- Flutamide-Metformin.. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011 ;96 (11) :3361-6.

 

  • Requena A, Herrero J, Landeras J, Navarro E, Neyro JL, Salvador C, Tur R, Callejo J, Checa MA, Farré M, Espinós JJ, Fábregues F, Graña-Barcia M. Reproductive Endocrinology Interest Group of the Spanish Society of Fertility. Use of letrozole in assisted reproduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hum Reprod Update 2008 ;14 (6) :571-82.

 

  • Checa MA, Requena A, Salvador C, Tur R, Callejo J, Espinós JJ, Fábregues F, Herrero J. Reproductive Endocrinology Interest Group of the Spanish Society of Fertility. Insulin-sensitizing agents: use in pregnancy and as therapy in polycystic ovary syndrome. Hum Reprod Update 2005 ;11 (4) :375-390.

 

  • Callejo J., Vilaseca S., Medina M., Salvador C., Valls C., Lailla JM “Inhibin and follicular development in heterotopical ovary transplants without vascular pedicle in syngeneic Lewis rats”.. Fertil Steril. 2003 Mar;79 Suppl 1:743-8.

 

  • Callejo J., Salvador C., Prats P., Lailla JM.
“What treatment should be given to the cryopreserved ovarian tissue afetr thawing?” The Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. April 2002, 87(4):1907-1912.

 

  • Callejo J, Salvador C, Miralles A, Vilaseca S, Lailla JM, Balasch J. Long-term ovarian function evaluation after autografting by implantation with fresh and frozen-thawed human ovarian tissue.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Sep;86(9):4489-94.