Professional Activities

Research work of the Research Proficiency
Date: June 2010
Title: Differences in the amount of bleeding in the postoperative period of coronary artery by-pass grafting between on and off-pump surgery in groups at high risk of bleeding.
Rating: Outstanding by unanimity

Teaching activity
PARTNER OF HONOR.Department of Surgery. Oviedo University. 2008-2009
PARTNER OF HONOR.Department of Surgery. Oviedo University. 2009-2010
PARTNER OF HONOR.Department of Surgery. Oviedo University. 2010-2011

Philosophical thesis
Registration Date: September 2010
Title: Influence of cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative bleeding and packed red blood cells transfused in myocardial revascularization surgery in high risk groups.
Date of Reading and Defense: January 13, 2012
Rating: Outstanding cum laude

Today´s job
Staff. Cardiac Surgery Department. Cardiovascular Surgery Department. Oviedo University. Spain.Training in Cardiac Surgery finished in June 2013.

Clinical activity
Located on-call days
We attend  around 10-15 on-call days/month

Surgical activity
Surgical activity of the Cardiac Surgery Department
More than 800 major surgical procedures annually. Global hospital mortality 4%.First hospital regarding volume of patients in Spain.I am scheduled daily for one or two elective surgical procedures.

Surgical activity as first assistant surgeon
During my training I acted each day as first assistant surgeon in one or two major cardiac surgical procedures

Surgical activity as main surgeon
339 major cardiac procedures: 121 aortic valve replacement, 74 on-pump myocardial revascularization, 52 off-pump myocardial revascularization, 32 mitral valve surgery, 24 aortic and mitral valve replacement, 36 aortic valve replacement and myocardial revascularization surgery. 
5 cardiac implants as transplant surgeon. 15 cardiac explants for transplantation.
In addition, I have performed 26 saphenous vein graft harvesting using the endoscopic technique Vasoview.

Hospitalization
Each day, each surgeon is responsible for the care and visit of all hospitalized patients (20-30 patients)

Rotations performed as part of the training

• 5 months: Digestive and General Surgery Department
• 1 month: Emergency Department
• 3 months: Angiology and Vascular Surgery Department
• 3 months: Cardiology Department
• 3 months: Thoracic Surgery Department
• 1 month: Intensive Care Unit
• 2 months: Accepted in the Heart Rurgery Department in Children´s Hospital of Boston for the months of February and March 2012.

Other merits
Attendance at courses and conferences

• First Meeting Of Ongoing Training Of Cardiovascular Surgery, Anesthesia And Perfusionists. November 2008. Sevilla
• Electrocardiography. Course For Training Specialists.University Central Hospital. November 2008. Oviedo.
• Basic Radiation Protection. University Central Hospital. November 2008. Oviedo.
• Annual Meeting Of Resident Doctors In Cardiovascular Surgery. June 2009. Málaga.
• Update On Pathology Of The Aorta And Circulatory System. June 2009. Andalucia.
• III International Course Of Mechanical Circulatory Support In The Treatment Of Acute And Advanced Chronic Heart Failure. February 2010. Barcelona
• Meeting of Cardiovascular Surgeons. Santander. May 2011
• X Congress of the Andalusian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery. September 2009. Cordoba
• National Meeting of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons. June 2010. San Sebastian
• XV Meeting of Catalan Society for Cardiac Surgery. May 2011. Barcelona.
• XVII Meeting of Spanish Society for Surgical Research. Oviedo. October 2011.
• XXI Meeting of Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sevilla. June 2012
• 23 World Congress of the World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons. September 12-15, 2013. Split, Croatia
• XX Congress of the Spanish Society of Surgical Research 23,24 October 2014. Albacete, Spain

Presentations at conferences
Presentations as first author

• Oral presentation at the X Annual Congress of the Andalusian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery. Cordoba 2009: Long-term follow up of elderly patients who undergo surgery for aortic valve replacement
• Oral presentation at the National Meeting of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. June 2010. San Sebastian: Octogenarians who undergo surgery for aortic valve replacement. Comparison with the general population.
• Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Catalan Society of Cardiac Surgery. Barcelona. May 2011: Does patient-prosthesis mismatch influence the outcome of the octogenarian who undergo surgery for aortic valve replacement?
• Oral Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Catalan Society of Cardiac Surgery. Barcelona. May 2011: Influence of cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative bleeding and packed red blood cells transfused in myocardial revascularization surgery in high risk patients.
• Oral Presentation at the National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Surgical Research. Oviedo. October 2011: Impact of off-pump CABG on postoperative bleeding in high risk groups.
• Poster Presentation at the National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Surgical Research. Oviedo. October 2011: Predictive factors of postoperative bleeding and packed red blood cells transfused in CABG
• Oral Presentation at the XXI Meeting of the Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sevilla. June 2012:  Influence of patient-prosthesis mismatch on mortality and morbidity in young patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for severe stenosis
• Oral Presentation exposed in the23rd World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, in September 12-15, 2013 in Split, Croatia:MID-TERM IMPACT OF PATIENT-PROSTHESIS MISMATCH ON YOUNG AND MIDDLE-AGED PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY DUE TO SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS
• Oral Presentation exposed in the 23rd World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, in September 12-15, 2013 in Split, Croatia:AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN OCTOGENARIANS: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF EUROSCORE II

Presentations as second or third author

• Second author. Poster Presentation. National Meeting of Spanish Society of Cardiology. October 2009. Madrid: Complications related to antithrombotic treatment in the immediate postoperative period in patient with biological prosthesis.
• Second author. Oral presentation. National Meeting of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. June 2010. San Sebastian: Is EuroSCORE useful in all populations?
• Second author. Oral presentation. XXI Meeting of the Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. June 2012. Sevilla:Surgery for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: mid-term outcomes
• Second author. Poster presentation. XVIII National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Surgical Research. Leon, 2012, Spain. Predictors of intrahospital mortality and morbidity in young and middle aged patients undergoing aortic valve replacement due to severe stenosis.
• Oral Presentationexposed in the XX Congress of SpanishSociety of SurgicalResearch  23,24October, 2014. Albacete, as secondauthor: EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF EUROSCORE II IN OCTOGENARIANS UNDERGOING AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT. .
• Poster Presentationexposed in the XX Congress of SpanishSociety of SurgicalResearch  23,24 October, 2014. Albacete, as secondauthor: CLOSURE OF AORTOPULMONARY BRANCHES IN A PATIENT WITH PULMONARY ATRESIA AND VSD
• Poster Presentationexposed in the XX Congress of SpanishSociety of SurgicalResearch  23,24 October, 2014. Albacete, as secondauthor: ENDOCARDITIS BY WHIPPLE: AN UNDERVALUED ENTITY
• Poster Presentationexposed in the XX Congress of SpanishSociety of SurgicalResearch  23,24 October, 2014. Albacete, as secondauthor: PRIMARY CARDIAC OSTEOSARCOMA . AN UNEXPECTED DIAGNOSIS
• Third author. Poster presentation. National Meeting of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. June 2010. San Sebastian: Does saphenous endoscopic vein harvesting increase complications in the immediate postoperative period after myocardial revascularization?
• Third author. Poster presentation. National Meeting of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. Sevilla, 2012: Initial experience of David Technique for aortic valve repair.
• Third author. Poster presentation. National Meeting of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery. Sevilla, 2012:Mitral reparation using CG-FUTURE ring. Initial outcomes.
• Fourth author. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting of the Catalan Society of Cardiac Surgery. Barcelona. May 2011: Right axillary artery as an alternative for the implantation of intraaorticballon pump. This paper was awarded as best poster of the congress.

Scientific Societies
Member of Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery.
 Number: 478.
Date: May 29, 2009.

Member of Editorial Team and Referee for scientific journals

• Associate Editor of international journal: Biological and Biomedical Reports(on line ISSN 2162-4186, print ISSN 2162-4178)
• Associate Editor of international journal: “Journal of Cardiology and Theraphy” (on-line ISSN 2309-6861)
• Reviewer of the Journal: “Cirugia Cardiovascular” Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Reviewer of the Journal: Journal of Surgical Research (SCI Impact Factor: 2,24) Elsevier, USA.
• Reviewer of the Journal: Minerva Chirurgica. (SCI Impact Factor 0,77).Minerva Medica, Torino, Italy. (p.ISSN 0026-4733, e.ISSN 1827-1626)
• Reviewer of theJournal: EuropeanJournal of CardiothoracicSurgery”. Indexed in SCI, (Impact Factor 3,04). Oxford UniversityPress, Freiburg, Germany. (Online ISSN 1873-734X - Print ISSN 1010-7940)
• Reviewer of Journal: Heart (Impact Factor 6 SCI)