Ischaemic heart disease, Coronary artery surgery, Valve surgery, Surgery of de Aorta
Cardiac physiology, Ischaemic injury and cardioprotection, Reparative therapy of the damaged heart
Medical School (University of Salamanca, 1976)
Cardiovascular Surgeon (University Complutense of Madrid, 1981)
PhD in Physiology and Biochemistry (University of London, 1993)
Reader Cardiac Surgery (University of Leicester, 1996-2000)
Professor of Cardiac Surgery (University of Leicester, 2000-2010)
Head of Department of Cardiac Surgery (University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, 2010 - )
Director of Reparative Therapy of the Heart (Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, 2011 - )