Dr. Christian Villavicencio-Chávez

 Professional experience

• More than 15 years of experience
• Medical Director at Caredoctors (present)
• Medical Consultant of the Sociosanitaria Santa Susanna Foundation (2016-present)
• Director of the project in Laguna Advance Foundation Vianorte-Laguna in the Hospital Center of Care LAGUNA (2016-present)
• Medical Specialist of the Palliative Care Service at the Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) (2009-2016)
• MIR in Geriatrics in the Parc Salut Mar

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 Sub-specialties

• Oncological Pain
• Palliative care and accompaniment at the end of life

 Positions in public associations

• Member of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the International University of Catalonia (November 2017- Present)
• Member of the Mortality Committee of Bellvitge Hospital (2013-2015)
• Member of the Psychosocial Committee of the Institut Català d'Oncología (2012-2015)

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 Teaching posts

• Associate Professor of Bioethics and Palliative Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine International University of Catalonia (2011-present)
• Tutor of research papers at the end of the Master in Palliative Care (2015)
• Professor of the Master of Palliative Care of the ICO, the University of Barcelona and the University of Vic
• Postgraduate Professor of Nursing at the University of Barcelona and the Institut Català d'Oncología
• Palliative Medicine Coordinator of the Faculty of Medicine of the International University of Catalonia (2018-present)
• Coordinator of 5th year of Medicine. International University of Catalonia. (2018-present)
• Professor Hired Doctor. Accreditation by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) (2017)

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 Education

• Professor Hired Doctor. Accreditation by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) (2017)
• Doctor of Health Sciences. International University of Catalonia (2016)
• Master of Palliative Care and Patient Care with Advanced Disease. VIC University (2014)
• Evaluation of the Clinical Competence for Physicians in Palliative Care (ACOE) by the Institut d'Estudis de la Salut i Societat Catalano-Balear de Cures Pal·liatives
• Geriatrics Specialist (2009)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru (1996-2003)

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 Publications and conferences

• Doctoral Thesis: Desire to advance death in patients with advanced cancer
• He has done several training courses throughout his professional career
• Regular assistant to congresses on the specialty
• Speaker in different socio-health centers and residences on issues related to bioethics and at the end of life

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 Prizes and awards

• FIS Scholarship Co-investigator of the scholarship "The desire to advance death: operational definition and clinical assessment in patients in palliative care" by the International University of Catalonia (2014)
• FIS Grant Coninvestigator of the scholarship "The desire to advance death in patients in palliative care: its relationship with the meaning of life, dependence and quality of life" by the International University of Catalonia (2011)
• COIB Scholarship Co-researcher "Relationship between the perception of the meaning of life and the desire to advance death in patients in palliative treatments" (2009)
• Beca Victor i Grifols Foundation to work in Bioethics Research. Exploration of values ​​and wishes of patients with complex chronic disease and advanced chronic disease. October 2017
• Hestia Foundation Scholarship: Research Project. Advance care planning and communication in patients with complex chronic disease and advanced chronic disease. (November 2017)

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 Professional membership

• Member of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SEGG)
• Member of the Spanish Society of Palliative Care (SECPAL)
• Member of the Catalano-Balearic Society of Palliative Care (SCBPAL)
• Member of the European Association for Palliatives Care (EAPC)
• Member of the Psychosocial Committee of the Institut Català d'Oncología (2012-2015)

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