Jesus Villar
Group Head, CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Group Head, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain; Adjunct scientist, Keenan Research Center for Biomedical Science, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Primary, Elementary and High School:
1960-1964: Primary school, Grupo Escolar “García Escámez”, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
1964-1971: Elementary and High School at the Instituto “Pérez Galdós” and “Tomás Morales”, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. A+.
1971: 1st generation of national exam for getting accepted into the University..
University studies:
1971-1977: MD: Medical School, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
1972-1972: Hispano-American studies, Universidad Hispanoamericana, La Rábida, Huelva, Spain.
1971-1977: Private teacher of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry to children and adults.
Postgraduate education and professional development:
1977-1978: Clinical fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, England, and Shock Unit, Western Infirmary in Glasgow, Scotland.
1978-1980: Medical Resident in Critical Care Medicine, Hospital del Pino, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain.
1980-1987: Staff, Critical Care Medicine, Hospital del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
1987-1994: Research Fellowship, Clinical Epidemiology, Experimental Research and Molecular Biology in Respiratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital & Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
1994-2004: Founder and Director, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario NS de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
1994-2004: Clinical Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, USA.
1997: Medical Advisor, Instituto para la Educación Biomédica, Madrid, Spain.
1998-Present: Associate scientist, Department of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
1998-2000: Member of the Research Group in Acute Lung Injury, sponsored by NATO, Corfú, Greece.
2000-present: Adjunct Scientist, Keenan Research Center for Biomedical Science at the Li-Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
2003-2005: Vice-President, Section of Research in Respiratory Intensive Care Medicine, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Brussels, Belgium.
2004-2006: Founder and Director, Instituto Canario de Investigación Biomédica, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
2007-present: Group Head, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de GC, Spain.
2010-2012: Director, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain.
2007-present: Group Head, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBER) de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Other contributions:
- Author of more than 200 publications in international scientific journals.
- H index: 42.
- Clinical and Experimental research projects funded by the National Program of Research and Development (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science, Ministry of Health), Spain.
- Clinical and Experimental research projects funded by the Program of Research and Development, Autonomic Government of the Canary Islands, Spain.
- Clinical research projects funded by private Foundations (Fundación Mutua Madrileña) and industry (Alliance Pharmaceuticals, MAQUET).
- Main topics of research: Acute Lung Injury, Sepsis, acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation.
- Peer-Reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Chest, Critical Care.
- Reviewer for the National (Spanish) Agency of Research Evaluation (ANEP).