Professional experience

• More than 40 years of experience
• Medical specialist in Herniary Surgery and Abdominal Wall Pathology of the Prince of Asturias University Hospital (since 1989)
• Currently, it belongs to the medical team of the Hospital Nisa de Aravaca
• Realization since 1988 of hundreds of interventions of herniary surgery and abdominal wall
• Implementation of the treatment with local anesthesia of hernia surgery (1989)

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 Sub-specialties

• Expert in Thyroid Surgery, Parathyroid and Hernia Surgery

 Positions in public associations

• Founder of the Spanish Association of Patients with Morbid Obesity (AEEOM) (1998)
• Honorary Member of the Spanish Association of Patients with Morbid Obesity (1999)
• Coordinator of the Obesity Section of the Spanish Association of Surgeons
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Morbid Obesity Section of the Spanish Association of Surgeons

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 Teaching posts

• Director of the Doctorate Course "Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity" by the University of Alcalá de Henares (since 1997)
• Director of the Continuing Education Course "Medical-Surgical Aspects of Morbid Obesity"
• Director of 8 Doctoral Theses on obesity surgery
• Director of the Research Group on Obesity Surgery at the Prince of Asturias University Hospital in Alcalá de Henares

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 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid (1981)
• Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid (1988)
• Specialist in General Surgery and Gastroenterology. Training period at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation of Madrid (1983-1987)
• Surgical training in Hospitals in London, Cambridge, Darlington, Paris, Bern, Stockholm, Houston and New York
• Professor of Physiopathology
• Realization of thirteen studies of clinical and basic research in collaboration with the main Spanish Research Centers: University of Navarra, Clinic of the Conception, Autonomous University, Superior Council of Scientific Investigations, University of Alcalá, among others.

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 Publications and conferences

• Speaker on topics related to obesity surgery
• Author or co-author of 24 books, 5 monographs, 207 articles, 216 communications to national and international congresses and 10 scientific films
• Author of three films about obesity surgery
• Author of the book "Medical-surgical fundamentals of morbid obesity"
• Director and Organizer of the 1st and 2nd National Meetings on Abdominal Wall Surgery in Alcalá de Henares (1991 and 1993)
• Author of 223 publications in national and international journals

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 Prizes and awards

• 11 Research Awards received
• Extraordinary Doctorate Award (1989)

 Professional membership

• Member of the Spanish Association of Surgeons
• Member of the Spanish Association of Digestive Diseases
• Founding Member of the Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery (SECO)
• Member of the World Federation of Obesity Surgery (IFSO)
• Member of the European Hernia Society (GREPA)
• Member of the Spanish Association of Major Ambulatory Surgery (ASECMA)

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