• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery: Autonomous University of Madrid, 1977.
• PhD: University of Barcelona, 1985.
• Professor of Medicine, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, from 1986 to 1996.
• Full Professor of Medicine, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, since 1986.

Specialty

• Gastroenterology, Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona (1980-1984).