ACADEMIC TRAINING

· Medical Doctor. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Luis Razetti School. Caracas, Venezuela. 2003. Medical Degree recognized as equivalent to a Spanish Medical Degree by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. 2004.

· Doctoral Student: March 2019 - Present. Universitat de Barcelona. Department of Medicine. Doctoral Program in Medicine and Translational Research. Thesis Topic: Chronic Pain in Survivors of Critical Illnesses.

· Official Specialist Title in Anesthesiology and Resuscitation from the Spanish Ministry of Education. 2009.

Training placements: 

Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) from the World Institute of Pain (WIP).
Miami, FL, USA. January 2017.

Fellow in Clinical Anesthesiology for Cancer Pain. McGill University. Montreal, Canada. November 2023 to November 2024.

· University Health Network. Toronto General Hospital. Toronto, Canada, 2024.

· Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit. McGill University Health Centre. Montreal, Canada. 2015.

· Pain Management Service, Roswell Park Cancer Institute. University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA 2009.

EXPERIENCE

· Over 15 years of experience in interventional pain treatment.

· Performs more than 1,000 minimally invasive interventional procedures annually.

· Participates in more than 30 neuromodulation system implant surgeries per year.

Specialization

- Oncological Pain

- Neuromodulation

- Neurostimulation

- Intrathecal Therapy

- Refractory Neuropathic Pain

- Peripheral Neuropathy Induced by Chemotherapy

- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

- Postherpetic neuralgia

- Persistent Spinal Pain

- Pain Lumbar

- Cervical Pain

RESEARCH

· More than 30 scientific articles published in high-impact journals.

· Editor of a book on interventional pain management.

· Author of more than 35 chapters in specialized books.

· Speaker at more than 50 national and international conferences.

Scientific Societies

· Active member of the Board of Directors of the Sociedad Española del Dolor (SED) and playing a decisive role in the Special Interest Groups on Neuromodulation and Cancer Pain.