Doctor Alexandra Henríquez

Gynaecologist and obstetrician, specialist in senology, breast pathology and gynaecological oncology, with a less and less interventionist vision of pregnancy and childbirth. Her professional and personal experience has taught her that the best way to help is to try to follow the great motto of Hippocrates, the father of medicine: "Primum non nocere" (first, do no harm). Dr Henríquez believes that she became a better obstetrician after given birth to her two children and experiencing the other side as a patient. Knowing what childbirth is like taught her to assist pregnant women better, because going through childbirth without an epidural meant she learned exactly what each moment feels like.

And why did she choose to specialise in breast oncology and pathology? In the words of Dr Henríquez: “In this society, when patients have a tumour the connotation is always negative, and you have to try the opposite: go through the process with strength and positivism. It is important to operate following aesthetic standards which do not then create trauma in women. We must give psychological support and we must help the body to purify. A diseased organ is an overloaded organ, either by external or internal toxins, and we must help eliminate them so that the treatments are more effective and the body recovers better. That's why I’ve dedicated myself to this, which is hard, difficult, and emotionally more exhausting, but I believe that I’m doing my bit and helping my patients cope with the disease a little better.”