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Dr. Fernando Villagra Blanco is an experienced pediatric cardiac surgeon with a specialty in cardiovascular surgery and a doctoral thesis from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has held multiple positions, including Head of the UCC, Head of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Service at multiple hospitals, and Responsible for congenital heart diseases of the Canary Islands Health Service. Specialty: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery Academic Training: Medicine Studies Complutense University of Madrid, Doctoral Thesis Cum Laude Autonomous University of Madrid, ECFMG to practice medicine in the US, Internship and residency in Cardiovascular Surgery Puerta de Hierro University Hospital and University of Connecticut (UCON), United States Professional Experience: Head of the UCC, Head of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Service at Hospital La Zarzuela 1987-2007, Head of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Service at the HM Montepríncipe University Hospital 1999-2017, Head of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Service of the La Paz University Hospital 2007-2015, Responsible for congenital heart diseases of the Canary Islands Health Service 2013-15

Academic training and degrees: Graduate in medicine and surgery. 1972. Bachelor's Revalidation: Outstanding. Complutense University of Madrid. 1972. Doctoral Thesis: Outstanding Cum Laude. Autonomous University of Madrid 1977. ECFMG to practice medicine in the US. 1972. Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist. 1977. Professional activity: Cardiovascular Surgery Residence, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, 1972-73 and 1974-77. Residency Cardiovascular Surgery University of Connecticut, USA 1973-1974 Infant Cardiac Surgeon, attached to the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid. 1977-2007. Head of the Children's Cardiac Surgery Service at Hospital La Zarzuela 1987-2007 Head of the Children's Cardiac Surgery Service at Montepríncipe University Hospital from 1999 to the present. Head of the Children's Cardiovascular Surgery Service of the Hospital Universitario de La Paz, Madrid 2007-2015. Responsible for Child Heart Surgery of the Canary Islands Health Service of the Canary Islands 2013-15 Head of the Congenital Heart Disease Unit since 1982   Refresher programs: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: Coronary surgery, 1975. Massachussetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass, USA: Balloon pump, 1975. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA: Surgery for congenital heart disease, 1978 University of Alabama in Birmingham, Ala, USA: Congenital Heart Disease Surgery, 1978 Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA: Congenital Heart Disease Surgery, 1978 Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, England: Heart Transplantation, 1985 .AcademischZiekenhuis Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands: Surgery for pediatric arrhythmias, 1989.Hospital Pitie-Salpetriere and Jean Rostand, Paris, France: Surgery for pediatric arrhythmias, 1991.Hospital Marie-Lannelongue, Paris, France. Congenital Heart Disease Surgery, 1991.UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA: Congenital Heart Disease Surgery. Myocardial protection with hematic cardioplegia, 1995, Service de ChirurgieThoracique et Cardio-vasculaire. Hopital Enfants de la Timone. Marseille, France: Surgery of the Transposition of the Great Arteries. 1998.Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA: Congenital Heart Disease Surgery. 2002. Scientific activity: Publications: More than 100 in international and national journals. Books: Author of several chapters in international and national books. Communications to congresses: More than 100 in international and national congresses. Doctoral theses: Director and / or member of the tribunal of several doctoral theses. Editorial committee of scientific journals: Member of the editorial committee of Cardiovascular Surgery (Official Body of the Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery), Spanish Journal of Cardiology (Official Body of the Spanish Society of Cardiology), Cardiovascular Clinic, European Journal “COR EURO-PAEU -M ”, Spanish Annals of Pediatrics and Spanish Surgery.