Dr. María Victoria Fioravantti

About her

Dr. Victoria Fioravantti graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She ranked 542nd out of more than 13,600 candidates in Spain’s national residency exam (MIR, 2012) and trained as a pediatrician at Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús in Madrid, where she sub-specialized in pediatric oncology and hematology.

She completed a clinical fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, where she was Chief Fellow in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, and a Master’s degree in Molecular Oncology. In 2022 she joined Madrid’s public primary care service (SERMAS) as an attending pediatrician.

How she works: evidence-based medicine, explained simply and with the time each family needs; looking at health, development and family life together, and staying with each child through every stage.

• General and primary care pediatrics
• Pediatric oncology & hematology
• Pediatric emergencies
• Consultations in English too

Training and career

• 2022 →Attending pediatricianPrimary care · Madrid Health Service (SERMAS)
• 2021 – 2022Master’s in Molecular OncologyCentro de Estudios Biosanitarios, Madrid
• 2020 – 2022Pediatric oncology, Oncogenomics Unit and Hereditary Cancer ClinicHospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid
• 2017 – 2020Clinical Associate and Fellow in Pediatric Oncology and HematologyThe Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto · Chief Fellow 2018–2019
• 2012 – 2016Pediatrics residency (MIR)Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid · Emergency department, pediatric ICU, general and adolescent pediatrics, and pediatric subspecialties. Neonatology and NICU at Hospital Gregorio Marañón, plus primary care.
• 2005 – 2011Degree in Medicine and SurgeryAutonomous University of Madrid · Clinical training at Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda

Emergency and resuscitation training

• APLS — Advanced Pediatric Life Support
• Basic and advanced pediatric CPR, and neonatal resuscitation
• Pediatric neurological emergencies (Hospital 12 de Octubre)
• Advanced simulation of pediatric oncology emergencies
• Family-centered care in neonatology (Hospital Gregorio Marañón)
• Author of Hospital Niño Jesús emergency protocols: torticollis and deep neck infections

Teaching

• 2022 – 2023Teaching medical students from the University of AlcaláSanchinarro Health Centre, Madrid
• 2021 – 2022Lecturer, Master’s in Pediatric Oncology and HematologyInternational University of La Rioja (UNIR)
• 2015 – 2022Speaker, Fundamentals of Pediatric Oncology courseHospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús
• 2018 – 2019Chief Fellow, Pediatric Oncology and HematologyThe Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Research and publications

• Sub-investigator in pediatric oncology clinical trials in Madrid and Toronto
• Juegaterapia “Maletas Solidarias” grant and AECC Clinician-in-Training grant
• 2020Clinical Practice Guideline for Systemic Antifungal Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation RecipientsJournal of Clinical Oncology
• 2017Medulloblastoma in children and adolescents: a systematic review of contemporary phase I and II clinical trials and biology updateCancer Medicine
• 2016Neuroblastoma — article for familiesEn Familia, Spanish Association of Pediatrics
• 2014“Shaken baby syndrome: the need for prevention”Presentation at the 9th National Congress of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Neurology
• Further papers in Pediatric Blood & Cancer (2016, 2018), Tumori (2017) and Anales de Pediatría (2017)