Dr. Luis Calvo Orbe

 Professional experience

• More than 35 years of experience
• Head of Cardiology at the Clinic of Medical Specialties (2016-present)
• Head of Cardiology Service at the Hospital Nuestra Señora del Rosario (1985-2016)
• Interventional cardiologist at the University Hospital La Paz (1980-2016)

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 Sub-specialties

• Hemodynamics-Cardiac catheterizations

 Teaching posts

• Professor in 13 doctoral courses at the Autonomous University of Madrid (2013)

 Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Complutense University of Madrid (1971-1977)
• ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates), USA (1980)
• Bachelor's thesis; outstanding, Autonomous University of Madrid (1985)
• Fellow Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, USA (1991)
• Doctorate in Medicine, Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty with Distal Perfusion by the Autonomous University of Madrid (1992-1993)

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 Publications and conferences

• Author / Coauthor of 5 specialty books. University Hospital La Paz (2010)
• Author / Coauthor: 167 articles; Autonomous University of Madrid
• 293 papers in Congresses; Autonomous University of Madrid (1985-2016)

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 Prizes and awards

• KNOLL research award from the Spanish Society of Cardiology (Year 1990), to work: "Percutaneous coronary angioplasty with prolonged balloon inflation by self-perfusion catheter: effect on restenosis". Calvo Orbe L, Nephew Daza N, Martinez Elbal L, Gomez Recio M.
• The best image on intravascular ultrasound award. Working Group of Interventional Cardiology. Spanish Society of Cardiology. Sanchez-Recalde A, Martin-Reyes R, Galeote G, Calvo L, Navas MA, Moreno R. June, 2007.

 Professional membership

• Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (1992)