José Eduardo Rivo Vázquez
Born in Ourense (Spain) 1976
Thoracic Surgeon at University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela
Languages: Spanish, Galician, English, Portuguese
Education:
Medical School: University of Santiago de Compostela (2000)
Thoracic surgeon: Vigo University Hospital (2006)
Ph D.: University of Vigo (2012)
Fellowships:
Hospital de Belvitge, Barcelona (2004)
Hospital Juan Canalejo, A Coruña (2005)
Royal Brompoton Hospital, London (2005)
Appointments:
Thoracic surgeon at Vigo University Hospital (2006-2010)
Thoracic surgeon at Santiago de Compostela University Hospital (Since 2011)
Teaching:
Associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Santiago de Compostela. 2021-
Coordinator of the virtual campus of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery. 2021-
Member of the teaching and continuing education committee of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT). 2014-2018.
Member of the evaluation committee for the recertification of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT).
Teaching assistant at the University of Santiago de Compostela in the area of knowledge of surgery (Since 2011-2021)
Tutor of Residents at the Teaching Unit of Thoracic Surgery of the University Hospital Complex of Vigo. (2009-2010)
Tutor of Clinical Teaching of Thoracic Surgery of the students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Santiago de Compostela in the Hospital University Complex of Vigo. Years 2006-2007
Tutor of Residents at the Teaching Unit of Thoracic Surgery of the University Hospital Complex of Vigo. (2009-2010)
Tutor of Clinical Teaching of Thoracic Surgery of the students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Santiago de Compostela in the Hospital University Complex of Vigo. Years 2006-2007
Other information:
Certified robotic thoracic surgeon (Intuitive Davinci XI system). 2021
Vice-president of SOGAPAR (Galician society for pathology of the respiratory system). Since November 2018
Member of the local organizing committee of the 52nd SEPAR congress. Santiago de Compostela, 2019
Definitive Surgery for Trauma Care Certificate (DSTC) of the Spanish Association of Surgeons and the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care
Advanced Trauma Life Support Certificate (ATLS) by the Spanish Association of Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.
Member of the video-assisted thoracic surgery working group of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery
Member of mediaSECT (media committee and web 2.0 of SECT). Responsible for social networks of the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT) (2014-2018).
Special interest areas:
General thoracic surgery; Robotic Thoracic Surgery. Thoracic oncology; VATS/Minimally invasive thoracic surgery; Thoracic trauma; ECMO; Teaching; Training in thoracic surgery; Data mining and big data; ICT and new technologies.