I got my grade in Medicine in 2001 (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona). I performed my specialization in Ophthalmology in Hospital universitario Vall d’Hebron de Barcelona from 2002to 2006; afterwards, in this hospital I worked as a consultant during 3 years as a medical
and surgical retina and uveitis specialist. I got my doctorate in 2007 ( Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona). In 2009 I moved to Bilbao (Basque country) due to personal reasons where I starded to work as a consultant in Hospital Universitario Cruces (Universidad del Pais Vasco)
and since 2011 also in Instituto Oftalmológico Bilbao as a medical and surgical retina and uveitis specialist. Since 2010 I am the principal investigator of the Ophthalmology Research Group (BioCruces Health Research Institute) and member of GOBE (Grupo de Oftalmobiología
Experimental, whose principal investigator is Prof. Elena Vecino). Since 2017 I am associate professor of Ophthalmology at the Universidad del Pais Vasco.
My main research line is Uveitis and diabetic retinopathy, specifically pathogenesis of macular edema. I have 117 papers in Pubmed, over all international publications and I have participated in several international and national clinical trials regarding medical retina and Uveitis. In 2014, me and 4 more uveitis specialists formed the Spanish Society of Ocular Inflammation; nowadays I am the president of this society.
