José Ramón González Juanatey

Santiago de Compostela University Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Expertise

Heart Failure Digital Health Prevention & Chronic Conditions Cardiac Rehabilitation Programmes Atrial Fibrillation Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Biography

Personal History

Born in Noia and raised in Santiago de Compostela, Dr José Ramón González Juanatey is one of the most renowned cardiologists in Spain.⁴

Dr Juanatey is Head of the Cardiology and UCC Service of the Santiago de Compostela University Hospital Complex (CHUS) and Professor of Cardiology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).³

Academic History

Dr Juanatey graduated from the USC School of Medicine. He specialised in Cardiology at the Hospital Clínico de Santiago and in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Gregorio Marañón and completed stays at the University Clinic of Navarra, Karolinska Hospital (Stockholm) and Stanford University (California).⁵

Career Overview

Dr Juanatey is Head of the Cardiology and UCC Service at the University of Santiago de Compostela. As a Professor there, he has supervised over 10 PhD theses. Dr Juanatey also directs the group of Cardiovascular Research.¹

He is former President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and has served in the European Society of Cardiology Press Committee (2011 - 2013) and Education Committee (2013 - 2018). Dr Juanatey has published more than 680 articles accumulating more than 27,000 citations in top international scientific journals including Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, International Journal of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research and American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. He has also led a multitude of national and international research projects and clinical trials with public and private funding.^{1, 2, 3}

Career Timeline

2013 - 2015: President, Spanish Society of Cardiology
2017 - 2019: Advisor, Cardiovascular Health, Spanish Ministry of Health
2000 - Present: University Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Full Professor of Cardiology, School of Medicine
- Head of the Cardiology and UCC Service
- Director of the Cardiovascular Research Group

Areas of Speciality

Cardiovascular Risk
Heart Failure
Cardiovascular Disease

Recognitions

2020: Galician of the Year by the Correo Gallego Group
2019: Novoa Santos Award for the impact of his scientific work in the field of medicine
2014: Physician of the Year, Spain
2013: The Cátedra Miguel Aleman, The Miguel Aleman Foundation, Mexico
2010: Galician of the Year Award for the development of a translational group of excellence
2009: The Ciril Rozman Award from the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine

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