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A traumatologist and orthopedic surgeon based in Madrid with nearly 30 years of experience. Throughout his extensive career, he has specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of knee joint pathologies, shoulder joint conditions, sports injuries, ankle disorders, knee joint prosthetics, robotic surgery, and knee trauma.Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Navarra, specializing in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the same institution. Additionally, he earned a doctorate in Medicine and Surgery. Based on the MIR rankings, he was recognized as the resident with the best resume in Spain across all specialties.Later, he pursued advanced training in shoulder surgery in California and completed internships at ten hospitals in the UK and the USA, including the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, as well as the universities of Miami, Oxford, and Cambridge.Throughout his professional career, he has served as a medical consultant for various clinics and centers, as well as for professional teams such as the Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA), Cleveland Browns (NFL), and Cleveland Indians (baseball). Additionally, he has worked as a trauma consultant for several football teams, including Atlético Madrid, Getafe, and Real Zaragoza, and has collaborated with Spanish federations for gymnastics, judo, and karate.**Experience**   - Director of Rights, Partnerships, and Colors at Olympia Quironsalud.  - Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology residency through MIR (rank 80) at the University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona.  - Clinical Fellow at the Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona.  - Clinical Fellow at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland.  - Assistant Traumatologist at the Dexeus University Institute (ICATME), Barcelona.  - Assistant Traumatologist at the Galicia Institute of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine (IGACOTDE), Hospital Santa Teresa, La Coruña.  - Specialist in Traumatology at CEMTRO Clinic, Madrid.  - Head of the Knee Department at FREMAP Hospital, Majadahonda. CLINICAL ROTATIONS ABROAD - University of Miami. Jackson Memorial Hospital. Florida, USA. 5 months  - Kleinert Institute of Hand Surgery. Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 1 month  - John Radcliffe Hospital. Oxford, England. 3 weeks  - Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. Oxford, England. 3 weeks  - Mayo Clinic. Rochester, Minnesota, USA. 3 weeks  - O'Connor Hospital. San Jose, California, USA. 3 weeks  - Wellington Hospital. London, England. 1 week  - Princess Grace Hospital. London, England. 1 week  - Addenbrooke's Hospital. Cambridge, England. 2 weeks  - BUPA Cambridge Lee Hospital. Cambridge, England. 2 weeks  - Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 2.5 years  - 2002. WPOA Scholarship (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore). 4 weeks  - Orthopaedic Institute of Southern California, USA. 4 weeks Qualification - Higher education in medicine and surgery. University of Navarra  - Doctor of Medicine. University of Navarra  - Specialist in orthopedic surgery and traumatology. University of Navarra Clinic, clinical fellowship in sports medicine. Cleveland Clinic Foundation  - Clinical fellowship in foot and ankle surgery. Cleveland Clinic Foundation  - Diploma in English from the School of Official Languages. A Coruña  - ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) Memberships - AEA (Spanish Arthroscopy Association)  - SEROD (Spanish Society for Knee Problems)  - SECOT (Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology)  - ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy) – International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopedic Sports (ISAKOS)  - WARTHOG Orthopedic Society  - MAGELLAN Orthopedic Society – SOMACOT (Madrid Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology)  - Fellows Society of the Barry de la Maza Foundation Other Achievements - Former board member of SEROD (Spanish Society for Knee Problems)  - Former board member of AEA (Spanish Arthroscopy Association)  - Former editor of the journal *Cuadernos de Arthroscocoy* (AEA)  - President of the AEA-SEROD Joint Congress 2015, Madrid  - Member of the Arthroscopy Committee of ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy)  - Member of the ESSKA Research Group on Knee Collateral Ligaments  - Honorary member of the Argentine Arthroscopy Association  - Patron of the Maria Pagés Foundation and Choreographic Center

Professional experience Since 2006, he has been Head of the Neurology Department at the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid and the Ruber Juan Bravo Hospital. Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the European University of Madrid, holds the national accreditation of Professor of Medical Sciences (issued by ANECA). Doctor of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis (UCM, 2004): Study on the relationship of human herpes virus 6 as an environmental factor in multiple sclerosis. Membership in scientific societies National and International Principal Investigator in Neuroscience at Quironsalud Madrid (June 2015 – present) President of the Research Committee of the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid (2012 to present). Member of the Research Committee of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital (2012-2015). Member of the Council of the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid (2011-2015). Research and Teaching Principal investigator of 100 national and international clinical trials. 7 FIS research projects from the Carlos III Institute of Health (the last 5 as principal investigator). 10 projects from private foundations, received on a competitive basis (7 as principal investigator). He has authored 139 international articles with a total impact factor of 949,917 and 4,552 citations. 38 books and book chapters with an H-factor of 34 (2018). His publications stand out in journals that have the greatest global impact on research, such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet. Dr. Rafael Arroyo has given over 300 international and national presentations at various Congresses. Education : Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the European University of Madrid and holds the national accreditation of Professor of Medical Sciences (issued by ANECA).

Experience On his return from London, he organized and directed the Arrhythmia Unit of the Cardiology Service of the University Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pino in Las Palmas until 2000. He later became Deputy Director of the Arrhythmia Department and Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at the Jimenez Diaz Foundation in Madrid. Professor of Cardiology at the Autonomous University and Director of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society) Fellowship Program, positions he held for 6 years before moving to the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid in 2006. Dr. Cabrera has been head of the cardiology department at the Quironsalud University Hospital of Madrid since its opening in 2006. Since January 2013, he has also been Head of the Cardiology Department at the Ruber Juan Bravo Hospital Complex and, in 2022, Head of Service at the new Olimpia Center. He is a professor at the European University of Madrid, where he heads the Department of Clinical and Fundamental Translational Cardiology. Qualification Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada. From 1994 to 1996 he completed postgraduate training as an interventional cardiologist in the Arrhythmia Unit (Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory) of the Jiménez Díaz Foundation in Madrid. Senior Research Fellow. National Heart and Lung Institute. Royal Brompton. Paediatric Heart Morphology under the direction of Prof. Robert H. Anderson in London (UK) in 1997. Research and Teaching Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, SEC Arrhythmia Section, European Society of Cardiology, Arrhythmia Working Group, European Heart Rhythm Association, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. He serves on numerous committees for the selection and monitoring of fellowships and research projects of various national and international cardiology and cardiac arrhythmia societies. Reviewer of articles for publication in the most relevant journals in the specialty. Journal of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, PACE, Europace, Heart Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Electrophysiology of Circulation, Journal of Interventional Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Member of the European Society of Cardiology Member of the Arrhythmia Working Group European Society of Cardiology Member of the Arrhythmia Section of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Member of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) Member of the European Heart Rhythm Association. Member of the Selection and Control Committee of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Post-Residency Research Training Fellowships 2001-2002/2002-2003. Evaluator and member of the selection committee for research, technological development and innovation projects of the Government of Extremadura. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2001-2004). Member of the Spanish research group. Integrated Action Programme between Spain and the United Kingdom. Directorate General of Higher Education and Research (reference HB 1998-0030). Project title: Anatomical study of the cavities of the human heart and its application to clinical electrophysiology. Member of the Spanish research group. Integrated Action Programme between Spain and Austria. Directorate General for Higher Education and Research (reference HU 1999-0002). Project title: Electromorphological analysis of the terminal crest and posterior pectineus muscle. Its importance as a morphological substrate in different types of supraventricular tachycardias. Participation in the clinical commission and protocol of the study AZIMILIDE versus SOTALOL on programmed cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation. 2001-2003.