Dr. José Antonio Martínez-Piñeiro Caramés

Education

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Complutense University of Madrid, awarded with extraordinary Prize and Degree of Doctor CUM LAUDE.

Professional Activity

Head of the Urology Service at the La Paz Hospital from 1967 to 1997.

Professor of Urology at the School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, from 1972 to 1993.

Scientific and Teaching Activity

Publisher of 318 scientific papers and 42 chapters in books about Urology.

Presenter of 1083 communications at Congresses, Symposiums and Courses.

He has filmed 77 teaching movies/videos,as including 6 with first prizes in International Conferences and Medical Film Festivals (1965 Nantes, 1980 Motril, 1985 and 1986 Badajoz, 1988 London, 1992 Genova) and other 3 with diplomas of excellence in Urological Video-magazines.

Director of 11 postgraduate courses.

Academic Activity

Vicepresident of the Spanish Association of Urology (1968 - 1972).

President of the Spanish Association of Urology (1978 - 1982).

Professor Emeritus of Urologyat the School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, since 1994.

Founder and directive member of the European Association of Urology from 1976 to 1980.

Honorific member of the Argentinian Society of Urology, the Urological Society of Chile and the Belgian Society of Urology.

Member of the American Urological Confederation, the European Association of Urology, the International Society of Urology and the Spanish Association of Urology.

Member of the American Urological Association (U.S.A.)

Member of the Royal Medicine Academy of Granada since 1997.

Earner of the "Francisco Díaz" Medal from the Spanish Association of urology in 1987.

Earner of the "Willy Gregoir" Medal from the European Association of urology in 1992.