The Hand Surgery service of HM Montepríncipe University Hospital is led by Dr. Pedro J. Delgado and further supported by Dr. Fernando Polo and Dr. Belén García Medrano, who both have extensive experience in hand surgery.
He is an expert in cardiac arrhythmia, pacemaker implantation, internal defibrillators and catheter ablation; and he conducts diagnostic electrophysiological studies.
He also carries out extensive teaching work as a Senior Lecturer of the Medicine Department of the Malaga University, where he teaches the subject Diseases of the Circulatory and Respiratory Systems to fourth-year medical students.
He is the author of over 100 scientific publications in influential journals. At the same time, he has contributed to the preparation of clinical practice guides and is the author of 23 books and chapters of scientific titles in the speciality.
Professional experience
University Degree in Medicine and Surgery (1978) obtained at the Zaragoza University.
Degree as Doctor in Medicine by the Zaragoza University with final thesis “Cardiac Automatism and Conduction in a Model of Experimental Heterotopic Cardiac Transplantation. Effects of Verapamil”, which obtained a cum laude award.
Training as a Resident Doctor in Cardiology at Clínica Puerta de Hierro in Madrid (1979-1984).
Cardiology Medical Consultant and the Head of the Arrhythmia Unit at Clínica Puerta de Hierro (1985-1992).
Other positions:
Coordinator of the Implantable Defibrillator working team of the Spanish Cardiology Society (2009 – 2016).
Member of the European Society of Cardiology.
Member of the European Heart Rhythm Association.
Member of the Spanish Cardiology Society.
Member of the Andalusian Cardiology Society.
Member of the Editorial Committee of the Spanish Cardiology Journal.
Member of the Editorial Committee of Cardiocore.
Member of the Editorial Committee of Cardiac Stimulation Notebooks.
The Cardiology Unit of Quirónsalud Marbella Hospital is made up of a medical team with large experience in the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases, as well as employing the most advanced technologies, both in the clinical area and in the area of haemodynamics and arrhythmia.
Diseases, treatments and techniques:
- Adult and children cardiology consultation with the performance of supplementary tests, all within one appointment.
- Specific consultations for arrhythmia
- Paedriatic cardiology
- Colour Doppler echocardiography and stress echocardiography
- Stress test
- 24-hour and long-term Holter EKG
- CT coronary angiogram
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Tilt table testing
- Cardiac rehabilitation
Cardiac haemodynamics
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterisation and percutaneous treatment of ischaemic heart disease with angioplasty and stent implant
- Myocardial infarction percutaneous treatment programme
- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
- Percutaneous repair of the mitral valve (Mitral clip)
- Percutaneous closure of interatrial communication
- Percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage
Arrhythmia Unit
- Diagnostic electrophysiological study
- Catheter ablation
- Cryoablation of atrial fibrillation
- Ablation using a complex arrhythmic substrate navigator
- Pacemaker implantation
- Automatic endovenous and subcutaneous implantable
defibrillator
Cardiac surgery
- Surgery with and without extracorporeal circulation
- Minimally-invasive surgery with an early extubation
Work and teaching experience:
April 2020 – present: Head of Pulmonology Service, Teknon Medical Center. Barcelona, Spain
October 2019 – present Doctoral student at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Doctorate in Medicine)
December 2018 – present: Junior Physician, Pulmonology Department, El Pilar Hospital. Barcelona. Spain
October 2018-2019. Therapist. Emergency Service of the Teknon Medical Center. Barcelona. Spain.
March 2018 – December 2020: Data Manager of the EARCO Registry (European Collaboration on Clinical Trials Alpha-1). Coordinator of the MIDIMAR study (Characterization of the daily walking minutes variable as a useful indicator of physical activity in patients with COPD). Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). Pulmonology Service. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona. Spain
January 2018 – present: Member of the research group of the Catalan Centre of Excellence in Pulmonology Service. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona. Spain.
November 2017 – February 2019: EPI-SCAN and CatCoVeR Clinical Trial Coordinator, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). Pulmonology Service. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Barcelona. Spain
2006-2017 Pulmonologist. Head of the Pulmonology Service of the Valentina Canabal Clinical Center. Barquisimeto-Venezuela. Coordinator-Head of the Sleep and Lung Function Laboratory.
2006-2014 Chief Physician of the Pulmonology Service of the Central University Antonio Maria Pineda. Barquisimeto-Venezuela
2006-2013 Lecturer in the Department of Pulmonology for internal medicine residents. Faculty of Medicine. Antonio Maria Pineda Central University Hospital. Barquisimeto. Venezuela.
2006-2008 Lecturer-Professor (position by competition). Section of Physiology. Division of Functional Sciences. Faculty of Medicine. Central Western University Lisandro Alvarado. Barquisimeto-Venezuela
2004-2005 Teaching Fellow in the subject: Pulmonary Functional Study for the Bachelor of Cardiopulmonary Technology. Central University of Venezuela. University Hospital of Caracas. Caracas-Venezuela.
2004-2005 Chief Resident Physician of the Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery Service of the Central University of Venezuela. University Hospital of Caracas.
2003-2006 Resident physician in Clinical Pulmonology at the Central University of Venezuela, University Hospital of Caracas.
2002-2003 Chief Resident in Internal Medicine. Central Western University Lisandro Alvarado. Central University Hospital Antonio Maria Pineda
2000-2003 Resident physician of the postgraduate course in internal medicine. Internal Medicine Service Central University Hospital Antonio Maria Pineda
1999-2002 Faculty member and active researcher in the Physiology Section. Department of Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Centro Cidade Lisandro Alvarado
1999-2000 Rural Doctor at Padre Oliveros Hospital. Municipality of Nirgua. State of Yaracuy, Venezuela
1994-1998 Trainer-teacher (competitive position) Physiology Section. Department of Functional Sciences. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Central West University Lisandro Alvarado
1993-1997 Research Intern at the Laboratory of Exercise Physiology Levels I, II and III of the Council for Scientific, Humanitarian and Technological Development (CDCHT) of the Central-West University “Lisandro Alvarado”.
Experience in the pharmaceutical industry:
Medical consultant for Pfizer Venezuela (Champix).
Medical consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim Venezuela (SPIRIVA)
Director of the center (principal investigator) of clinical trials of phase IIIB of Novartis and AstraZeneca.
Qualification
2006 Pulmonology Specialist. Central University of Venezuela. University Hospital of Caracas. Venezuela
2003 Specialist in Internal Medicine. Central-Western University "Lisandro Alvarado" Central University Hospital Antonio Maria Pineda. Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Graduated with honors
1998. Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Central Technological University Lisandro Alvarado, Barquisimeto-Venezuela. Graduated with honors.
Publications
1.- Analysis of blood biomarkers in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma-COPD co-occurrence (ACO). Gava G, Nunez A, Esquinas S, Sarasate M, Loeb E, Pirina P, Miravitles M, Barrecheguren M. COPD. 2020 Jun;17(3):306-310.
2.- Practical guide for the identification and diagnosis of asthma-COPD overlap (ACO). Nunez A, Sarasate M, Loeb E, Esquinas S, Miravitles M, Barrecheguren M. COPD. 2019 Feb;16(1):1-7.
3.- Nunez A, Sarasate M, Loeb E, Esquinas S, Miravitles M, Barrecheguren M. Practical guidelines for the identification and diagnosis of asthma-COPD overlap (ACO). COPD. 2019 Feb 21:1-7.
4.- Sexual and skeletal muscle characteristics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Sonia J. Torres, Maria Montes de Oca, Eduardo Loeb, Abdon Mata, Noelina Hernadez. Respiratory Medicine (2011) 105, 88-94.
5.- Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in skeletal muscle of patients with COPD Sonia H. Torres, Maria Montes de Oca, Eduardo Loeb, Priva Zabner-Oziel, Valentina Wallis, Noelina Hernandez Arca Bronconeumol. 2009;45:75-80.
6.- Peripheral Muscle Changes in Non-COPD Smokers. Maria Montes de Oca, Eduardo Loeb, Sonia J. Torres, PhD, Juan De Sanctis, Noelina Hernandez, and Carlos Talamo, MD. CHEST, January 2008, vol. 133 no. 1 13–18
Dr. Sullivan graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the National University of Rosario in 2005, specializing in Medical Oncology through the MIR at the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital (HSCiSP, 2012) in Barcelona.
She received a post-MIR scholarship from the Ministry of Interior from HSPiSP (2012) and then a pre-doctoral scholarship from ISCiii (Rio Hortega – 2013-2015).
In 2014, he moved to Paris where he obtained a DUERTECC diploma at the Gustave Roussy University Hospital (Villejuif), followed by an ESMO scholarship (Georges Mathé Translator Scholarship), which he received in 2016.
Since January 2017, he has been working on the staff of the Medical Oncology Department of the HSCiSP. In the same year, he obtained his PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Since 2015, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Lung Cancer Group (GECP). And since 2022, he has been the coordinator of the HSCiSP Committee on Neuroendocrine Tumors.
In November 2021, she joined the IOR Medical Oncology Service and is actively involved in various research projects in the Pangea Lab under the supervision of Dr. Molina.
Dr. Sullivan is involved in several clinical trials in lung cancer and neuroendocrine tumors, many of which have been presented at various international scientific meetings.
She has participated in national and international conferences and is an author and co-author of research articles published in influential journals.
She is currently a member of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM), GECP, European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and the Spanish Group of Neuroendocrine and Endocrine Tumors (GETNE).
Dr. Javier Albiñana Silveti is a specialist in orthopedic surgery and pediatric traumatology. He has over 38 years of experience in the treatment of hip dysplasia, bone tumors, malformations and Perthes disease.
Experience
2013 – present | Pediatric Traumatology at the Ruber Internacional and Quirón Hospital in Pozuelo.
2004-2013|Head of the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics at the La Paz Hospital in Madrid.
1994-2004| Assistant in pediatric orthopedics at the Niño Jesus Hospital in Madrid
1992-1994 | Fellow, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, University of Iowa (USA)
1988-1989|Research Fellow in Paediatric Orthopaedics, Oxford University (UK).
Qualification
1988 | Doctor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid.
1982 | Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Education:
2004|Associate Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the UAM.
Publications
2019|Does femoral head orientation influence acetabular development? An experimental study in Lamb. J Pediatr Orthop. 2019 Sep;39(8):416–421.
2015|Pavlik harness outcomes in Ortolani-positive hips: predictors of failure and arthrographic findings. J Child Orthop 2015 Aug;9(4):249-53.
2013|Selective triradiate epiphysiodesis for the treatment of residual experimental acetabular dysplasia. J Pediatr Orthop. 2013 Dec;33(8):821-8.
Communications and presentations
2021|Perthes Disease. Congress of Pediatric Orthopedics, SEOT, Ecuador.
2019|Dysplasia of the hip, Children's Hospital, San Jose, Costa Rica, April 2019
2018| Cerebral Palsy, ASFAPE, Madrid.
2007 | Tear and Dysplasia of the Hip, POSNA, San Diego.
2005 | Open reduction failure and DDH. Boston, IPOTT.
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On his return from London, he organized and directed the Arrhythmia Unit of the Cardiology Service of the University Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pino in Las Palmas until 2000.
He later became Deputy Director of the Arrhythmia Department and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at the Jimenez Diaz Foundation in Madrid.
Professor of Cardiology at the Autonomous University and Director of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society) Fellowship Program, positions he held for 6 years before moving to the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid in 2006.
Dr. Cabrera has been head of the cardiology department at the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid since its opening in 2006.
Since January 2013, he has also been Head of the Cardiology Department at the Ruber Juan Bravo Hospital Complex and, in 2022, Head of Service at the new Olimpia Center.
He is a professor at the European University of Madrid, where he heads the Department of Clinical and Fundamental Translational Cardiology.
Qualification
Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada. From 1994 to 1996 he completed postgraduate training as an interventional cardiologist in the Arrhythmia Unit (Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory) of the Jiménez Díaz Foundation in Madrid.
Senior Research Fellow. National Heart and Lung Institute. Royal Brompton. Paediatric Heart Morphology under the direction of Prof. Robert H. Anderson in London (UK) in 1997.
Research and Teaching
Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, SEC Arrhythmia Section, European Society of Cardiology, Arrhythmia Working Group, European Heart Rhythm Association, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.
He serves on numerous committees for the selection and monitoring of fellowships and research projects of various national and international cardiology and cardiac arrhythmia societies.
Reviewer of articles for publication in the most relevant journals in the specialty. Journal of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, PACE, Europace, Heart Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Electrophysiology of Circulation, Journal of Interventional Cardiovascular Electrophysiology.
Member of the European Society of Cardiology
Member of the Arrhythmia Working Group
European Society of Cardiology
Member of the Arrhythmia Section of the Spanish Society of Cardiology.
Member of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
Member of the European Heart Rhythm Association.
Member of the Selection and Control Committee of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Post-Residency Research Training Fellowships 2001-2002/2002-2003.
Evaluator and member of the selection committee for research, technological development and innovation projects of the Government of Extremadura. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2001-2004).
Member of the Spanish research group. Integrated Action Programme between Spain and the United Kingdom. Directorate General of Higher Education and Research (reference HB 1998-0030). Project title: Anatomical study of the cavities of the human heart and its application to clinical electrophysiology.
Member of the Spanish research group. Integrated Action Programme between Spain and Austria. Directorate General for Higher Education and Research (reference HU 1999-0002). Project title: Electromorphological analysis of the terminal crest and posterior pectineus muscle. Its importance as a morphological substrate in different types of supraventricular tachycardias.
Participation in the clinical commission and protocol of the study AZIMILIDE versus SOTALOL on programmed cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation. 2001-2003.
EDUCATION AND ADVANCED TRAINING
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Author of scientific publications on key aspects of orthopedics and traumatology, including:
INTERNSHIPS AND INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE
Dr. Victor Casals Teixido is one of Spain's leading specialists in orthopedics and traumatology, known for his unique methods of treating injuries and diseases of the lower limbs, foot and ankle.
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The doctor has established himself as a pioneer in the field of joint surgery, introducing innovative technologies such as navigation systems and minimally invasive approaches. His achievements and approach to patient recovery make him one of the leading specialists in Spain.
Musculoskeletal radiologist, expert in sports injuries and magnetic resonance imaging with over 20 years of experience working with professional and elite athletes.
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