Teaching, research and membership of cardiology societies

Lecturer at Malaga University & Resident Medical Intern Tutor

 

Associate lecturer in Anatomy and tutor of Resident Medical Interns

University of Malaga

Certified Expert in Cardiology conferred by the Agencia de Calidad Sanitaria de Andalucía.

 

Certification

Expert Cardiologist

IAVANTE Foundation trainer

 

IAVANTE Foundation for the training and evaluation in professional competence for physicians

IAVANTE Foundation

Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology

 

Member of SEC

Spanish Society of Cardiology

Member of the European Society of Cardiology

 

ESC Member

European Society of Cardiology

RECAVA network

 

RECAVA: the network of Spanish research groups in constant contact with other European institutions

Members of the Research Group

Web platform of the Cardiology Department at Xanit International Hospital (Instituto Cardiotecnológico Andaluz).

 

Instituto Cardiotecnológico

www.institutocardiotecnologico.com

Director of Clinical Area and head of the Unit for the Prevention of Sudden Death in Athletes at Xanit International Hospital

I have been attending patients in the Cardiology Department of Xanit International Hospital for some years now; I head the Clinical Area and am in charge of the Unit for Prevention of Sudden Death in Athletes.

However, my area represents only one link in the chain of professionals who have created and are a part of Instituto Cardiotecnológico. Our slogan is "strength in unity, the heartbeat of a team".

In 2011, we decided to set up a web platform exclusively devoted to Xanit's Cardiology Department; as development coordinator I was responsable for making sure there wasaccurate y multilingual information about the services available to patients, about the Institute's Clinical Units (Arrhythmias, Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Cardiology, Hemodynamics) and access to detailed professional profiles of each member of the medical team. 

We have gradually added new sections: news, an informative blog written by ICTA members and,a mong others, a full section on hospital facilities with the aim of providing the fullest possible access to information, available to patients 24 hours a day.  

The Instituto Cardiotecnológico is currently a cornerstone of the medical service at Xanit International, which was awarded the MTIJ prize for Best Hospital in 2011.

Website about Marfan's syndrome, a reference for information in Spanish about this disorder.

 

Canal Marfan

www.canalmarfan.org

Promoter and medical coordinator of the informative website about Marfan syndrome in Spanish

In January 2010, a patient referred from an outpatient visit with a possible diagnosis of Marfan's syndrome pointed out the difficulty of obtaining reliable online information in Spanish about this rare heritable disorder, which affects the connective tissues and may have major consequences on sight, the skeletal and cardiovascular systems.

This particular patient was eventually found not to have Marfan's. However, I have treated other patients who suffer from the syndrome and who also lacked access to reliable information on the subject. My decision to implement the Canal Marfan project stemmed from this need for an informational website about Marfan's, which I finally developed both for patiens and healthcare professionals.

Canal Marfan is currently a reference website for information on this syndrome in Spanish, with over 500 000 pages viewed per year and visitors from all over the Spanish speaking world.

It strictly complies with the Honcode international code of ethics and other certifications that guarantee the quality of the information it provides.

My main objective of providing information has been achieved, although there is always more to be done. I should also add that Canal Marfan would not have been possible without the cooperation of a numerous group of specialists in other medical fields, as this syndrome requires a multi-disciplinary approach.

I currently see patients in a Marfan-specific clinic held at the University Hospital of Malaga and I have given presentations at various other hospitals about how to start up units to cater for these patients.