Team
Dra. Vanessa Zerpa Zerpa
Paediatric and adult ENT
ENT specialist focused on paediatric ENT, voice and head and neck conditions. Consultant at Hospital El Pilar (Barcelona) and a founding doctor of IME.
- Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
- Where they see patients: IME · Av. del Dr. Ferran, 73, La Ràpita
Specialist in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, trained through the Spanish MIR residency programme at Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset in Valencia. She focuses on paediatric ENT and head and neck tumours, and has extensive experience in voice disorders.
She is currently a consultant in the ENT Department at Hospital Universitari El Pilar (Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona), as part of the MediQus team, and also holds clinics at IPOC – Institut Pediàtric Orofacial (Paido Salut Infantil), a paediatric centre in Barcelona. From 2016 to 2025 she was part of the AMIQ team at Institut Universitari Quirón Dexeus and sat on its tumour board.
She is a founding doctor of Institut Mèdic Especialitzat La Ràpita, where she sees children and adults.
Areas of interest
- Paediatric ENT: tonsils, adenoids, ear infections and snoring
- Sleep disorders: snoring and sleep apnoea
- Laryngology and voice disorders
- Head and neck tumours and surgery
Training
- Specialist training in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (MIR) — Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia (2011-2015)
- Spanish recognition of her medical degree: Licenciada en Medicina y Cirugía (2010)
- Medical degree (Médico Cirujano), Cum Laude honours — Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas (2002-2008)
- Undergraduate rotating internship — Hospital Universitario Miguel Pérez Carreño, Caracas (2007-2008)
- Rural placement — Centro Ambulatorio La Milagrosa, Fundación Proyecto Maniapure, Bolívar State (Venezuela)
Experience
- Consultant in Otorhinolaryngology, MediQus team — Hospital Universitari El Pilar, Quirónsalud Group, Barcelona (current)
- ENT clinic — IPOC, Institut Pediàtric Orofacial (Paido Salut Infantil), Barcelona (current)
- Founding doctor and ENT specialist — Institut Mèdic Especialitzat La Ràpita (current)
- ENT specialist, AMIQ team and tumour board — Institut Universitari Quirón Dexeus, Barcelona (2016-2025)
- ENT consultant — Hospital Verge de la Cinta, Tortosa (2016)
- Consultant — Hospital Quirón Valencia (2015)
- Emergency department resident — Policlínica Santiago de León, Caracas (2009)
- Rural doctor — Ambulatorio Tipo II "Alfredo Machado", La Guaira, Venezuela (2008-2009)
Courses
- Seminar on functional and surgical diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders — Barcelona (2020)
- 1st International Course on Chronic Snoring and Sleep Apnoea (SAHS) — Alicante (2017)
- 72nd Temporal Bone Dissection Workshop — Clínica Clarós, Barcelona (2015)
- 2nd Otology Class Meeting — Madrid (2015)
- 6th vHIT Monographic Course (Optomic) — Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia (2014)
- 22nd Menarini International ENT Course "Controversies in ENT" — Valencia (2014)
- Basic (BLS) and advanced (ACLS) life support — American Heart Association, CEPRIE, Caracas (2009)
Research
- Precisión diagnóstica de la citología por PAAF en tumores de glándula parótida (2014)
- Exploración videoendoscópica con sueño inducido: utilidad clínica (2014)
- ¿Influye la técnica quirúrgica en las hemorragias post amigdalectomía? (2015)
- Surgical results of different palate techniques to treat oropharyngeal collapse (2015)
- Drug-induced sedation endoscopy versus clinical exploration for the diagnosis of severe upper airway obstruction in OSAHS patients (2015)
Training and career details provided to the centre by the professional.
Location
Institut Mèdic Especialitzat La Ràpita
- AddressAv. del Dr. Ferran, 73
43540 La Ràpita (Sant Carles de la Ràpita), Tarragona - Phone697 38 07 86 (Mobile & WhatsApp) · 931 22 76 97 (Landline)
- Emailadmision@institutmedic.es
- Opening daysMonday to Friday. Each specialist sees patients on specific days: call or message us to find out their next availability.
Av. del Dr. Ferran, 73, 43540 La Ràpita
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