Dr. Christian Villavicencio-Chávez areas of expertise:
Professional statement
Dr. Villavicencio-Chavez is a renowned specialist in Geriatrics with extensive training. He is currently the Medical Director of Caredoctors. He holds the title of Doctor of Health Sciences at the International University of Catalonia and Official Master of Palliative Care at the University of Vic and the University of Barcelona. Evaluation of Clinical Competence for palliative care physicians (ACOE) by the Institute of Health Studies and the Catalan-Balearic Society Pal·liatives Cures. Research Sufficiency (DEA) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since 2013 it is part of a research group care for people at the end of life that is recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya. He has worked as a specialist in palliative care service of the Catalan Institute of Oncology, for seven years. He is currently the director of the project LagunAdvance Vianorte-Laguna Foundation in Madrid and Barcelona Croupier Project on advance planning decisions. He combines his professional career with teaching as an Associate practicing Bioethics and Palliative Medicine professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the International University of Catalonia. He is the author of numerous publications and regular at national and international conferences.
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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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07/10/2019
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Absolutamente recomendable. Gran profesional, se nota que tiene mucha trayectoria. Trato excelente unido a una gran calidad humana.
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03/10/2019
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03/10/2019
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También se realizo seguimiento y visitas en domicilio lo que fue muy beneficioso para el paciente y la familia.
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03/10/2019
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Un gran profesional. 100% recomendable. Gracias por ayudarnos a llevar esos momentos tan difíciles y hacer que las cosas pasen de forma natural.