University of Valladolid (M.D. 1963, Ph.D. 1966)
General Surgery and Thoracic & CV Surgery training, Valladolid, Madrid, & Lyon Universities (1963-72
Head Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Service, Valladolid University Hospital (1977-96)
Head Thoracic Surgery Service, Valladolid University Hospital (1996-2007)
Professor and Chairman of Thoracic Surgery, Valladolid University (1987-)
Director of Surgery Department, Valladolid University (1987-93, 2000-03)
Chairman National Committee of Thoracic Surgery, Health Ministery (1995-2005)
Vice-President Spanish Society of Pneumonology and Thoracic Surgery (1990-92)
Regent European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (1998-2001)
President Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (2008-)
Surgical treatment in chest wall tumors
Risk factors and complications in thoracic surgery
Pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion
Mediastinal tumors: diagnosis and treatment
Prognosis in lung cancer and pulmonary metastases
History of surgery
Education in thoracic surgery