EDUCATION

· Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the Complutense University of Madrid, 1997.

· Specialization in General and Digestive System Surgery, 2005.

· PhD in Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid, 2008. Thesis: “Outcomes of Liver Transplantation using grafts from liver split procedures”.

· European Board of Surgery Qualification (EBSQ) in Transplant Surgery, at the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes, 2009-2012.

· Training placements: 

- Fellowship in hepatobiliopancreatic oncologic surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (United States), 2004

- Education Grant, Spanish Association of Surgeons, Liver and Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami (United States), 2005.

- Training placement in oncologic strategies in hepatobiliopancreatic surgery, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Université Paris-Sud (France), 2011-2012.

- Visiting Professor, Liver and Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles (United States), 2014.

- Visiting Professor, Liver Transplant Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (United Kingdom), 2023.

EXPERIENCE

· 20 years of experience in transplants and liver surgery.

Specialization

· Advanced liver surgery

· Advanced biliary surgery

· Liver transplantation

RESEARCH

· Mutua Madrileña research grant for the study of normothermic dynamic preservation in liver recovery for liver transplantation, 2022.

· Author of multiple scientific articles and book chapters related to liver transplantation.

· Leadership of an international multicenter study focused on the analysis of outcomes in liver transplantation in cases of complex portal vein thrombosis.