Dr. Alvaro Gonzalez Rocafort became a reference in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery when he included in his competencies a group of conservative techniques in the surgical treatment of children and adolescents with congenital mitral or aortic valve disease. Prior to this innovation, these anatomical elements were only removed and replaced by an artificial prosthesis.  

Gonzalez Rocafort has achieved satisfactory results in his new procedures, since using the patients' own tissue makes it possible to delay the implantation of artificial valve prostheses in growing hearts. These advances have been applied mainly in the Congenital Heart Disease Unit of the University Hospital HM Montepríncipe.  With more than a decade of professional practice, he has worked in prestigious health centers such as La Paz, Ramón y Caja and San Carlos Clinical Hospitals, among others. His academic contributions have been collected in several articles and published in international scientific journals.  

• Chief of Congenital Heart Surgery at the University Hospital HM Montepríncipe. 
• Congenital Heart Disease Surgeon at the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Marterno-Infantil de Gran Canaria. 
• Congenital Heart Disease Surgeon at La Paz University Hospital   
• Specialist Physician at San Carlos Clinical Hospital 
• Surgical Coordinator of Cardiac Transplantation at Hospital La Paz 
• Doctorate in Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid.   
• Master's Degree in Health Management from the UDIMA 
• Member of:  
  
  • European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery 
  • European Association for Congenital Heart Surgery 
  • Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery 
  • Spanish Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiopathies