- Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Oviedo, 1991.
- Specialist in Vascular Surgery and Angiology, 1996 from the University Hopsital of Santiago.
- Head of the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Section at the Ourense University Hospital Complex.
- President of the Galician Society of Vascular Surgery and Angiology 2009-2011.
- Lilly Award for research into infection in surgery for the work "Estudio de la infección postoperatoria en cirugía vascular con implantación de prótesis".
- I have spent over 20 years specializing in varicose vein surgery by means of the CHIVA technique, in both private and public hospitals in Spain, having carried out over 250 interventions a year in my specialization.