• Degree in Medicine and Surgery, the University of Navarre
• Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery, the University of Seville
• Tenured Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Seville
• Head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department
• Director of the Clinical Management Unit of Genetics, Reproduction and Foetal Medicine, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville
• Scientific Co-ordinator of the Genetic Medicine Research Programme in the Centre for Networked Biomedical Research into Rare Diseases (CIBERER), King Charles III Health Institute
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Genetic Medicine Research Programme in the Centre for Networked Biomedical Research into Rare Diseases (CIBERER), King Charles III Health Institute
• Scientific Director of the Medical Genome Project (MGP)
• Director of the Genetics Plan of Andalusia. The Andalusian Regional Government's Health Department
• Director of the Andalusian Programme for Screening Congenital Anomalies, the Andalusian Regional Government's Health Department
• Director of the Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme of the Andalusian Initiative in Advanced Therapies, the Andalusian Regional Government's Health Department
• Spokesman of the National Commission for Assisted Human Reproduction. The Ministry of Health and Social Policy
• Main lines of research: Hereditary degeneration of the retina, disturbances in the development of the enteric nervous system and thyroid cancer, cellular therapy, foetal medicine and therapy
• 56 research projects with competitive funding, 38 as the Principal Investigator
• 170 scientific articles in national and international journals
• 60 papers and lectures as an invited speaker at national and international conferences
• 2 patents in collaboration with the Engineering School of the University of Seville and the Neurosurgery Department of the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital
• Awarded the Plaque of the Civil Health Order, Ministry of Health, 2008
• Medal of Andalusia, 2009
• National Research Prize "APMIB Tutelary Foundation", 1998
• Gold CANF prize, 2006
• Andalusia prize for Action in Defence of Children's Rights. Department of Equality and Social Welfare, 2007
• Diario Médico prize for the best ideas. Virgen del Rocío Hospital. Diario Médico, 2007
• Malaga Spina Bifida Society prize, 2007
• Plaza de España prize for constitutional values, 2008
• Gold FAAM Award in the Research category, 2008
• AEEPP Science and Technology prize, 2009

Scientific production

• Article published in Journals: 8
• Communications in national congresses: 9
• Communications in international congresses: 4