Dr. José María Cruz Fernández

 Professional experience

• More than 40 years of experience
• Head of Cardiology at the Hospital Virgen Macarena (2000-present)
• Head of the Coronary Care Unit of the Hospital Virgen Macarena (1974-2000)

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 Teaching posts

• Professor of Cardiology at the University of Seville, with teaching, care and research activity
• He has directed 21 doctoral theses, two of them awarded the Special Prize doctorate
• Director of the Cardiology Unit Teaching Hospital Virgen Macarena
• Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Seville

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 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Cádiz
• Doctor in Cardiology at the University of Sevilla

 Publications and conferences

• Author and co-author of numerous books of Cardiology and Internal Medicine
• Lines of research in cardiovascular prevention (cholesterol, overweight and obesity, high blood pressure), along with acute coronary syndromes and heart failure
• Author of more than 200 publications in national and international medical journals premier
• He has lectured at the Congress of the European Society Andalusian, Spanish, American (American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association), Portuguese, Mexican, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia and Asian Cardiology

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 Prizes and awards

• Patron of the Spanish Heart Foundation
• Medal of Honor awarded by the Andalusian Society of Cardiology (2011)
• Extraordinary Prize degree from the University of Sevilla
• Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the University of Sevilla

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 Professional membership

• Honorary President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology
• Member of the Andalusian Society of Cardiology
• Featured (Fellow) member of the European Society of Cardiology
• Outstanding member of the American College of Chest Physicians
• Honorary Member Societies of Cardiology, Portugal, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela and Bolivia
• Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Seville
• President of the Spanish Heart Foundation (2003-2005)
• President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (2001-2003)
• Chairman of the National Commission of Cardiology (2001-2003)
• President of the Andalusian Society of Cardiology (1994-1997)

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