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Dr. Xavier Ruyra Baliarda, with over 35 years of experience, is a highly esteemed cardiac surgeon. He has made significant contributions to the field of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, cardiac transplantation, and minimally invasive procedures. His expertise includes a wide range of cardiac surgical procedures, and he is notably one of the world's leading specialists in the Ross procedure. Dr. Xavier's commitment to the advancement of cardiac surgery is evident through his research activities and his inventions related to heart valve surgery. Membership Spanish Society of Cardiac Surgery European Board of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery European Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Spokesperson of the Catalan Organisation of Transplantation (OCATT) Associate Professor of Surgery at Autonomous University of Barcelona Education MD from the Central University of Barcelona Specialist Spanish license registration in cardiovascular surgery Registered with the College of Doctors of Barcelona European board in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Participation in various international training and symposia, including the Aortic surgery Symposium at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, Aortic and Mitral Reconstructive Surgery in Brussels, and Cours superieur de Technique Cirurgicale at Université de Paris, Hôpital Broussais

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.