Since his academic beginnings in Medicine, Dr. Ángel Salvatierra Velázquez showed a great predilection for Surgery and Radiodiagnosis. An interest that led him to specialize in this field and rise to the position of Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Service at the Reina Sofia Hospital in Cordoba.  

With more than 30 years of accumulated experience in this field and a profuse research career, Salvatierra Velázquez excels in both the clinical and scientific fields. With more than 100 international and international articles in specialized journals and author of several publications on studies on surgical techniques, approach routes, diagnosis of multifactorial discriminant solitary pulmonary nodule, among others, this expert is a reference in the sector.  

• Head of the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant Department at the University Hospital Reina Sofia. 
• Head of the Lung Transplant Group at the Reina Sofia Hospital in Cordoba. 
• Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Cadiz. 
• Master's Degree in Clinical Unit Management. 
• Member of:  
  
  • Andalusian Association of Surgeons 
  • Board of Pharmacy, Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba. 
  • Editorial Board of the Association of Pneumologists of Southern Spain. NEUMOSUR 
  • Editorial Board of the Journal of Respiratory Pathology. 
  • Institutional Relations Committee of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR). 
  • Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Seville