Nurse María José Castro Ruz is characterized by her maximum involvement in areas that transcend the clinical field and go into equality between women and men, the provision of quality health and care services and the coordination of programs in various areas for the continuous improvement of patient care in different units.  

Her management skills led her to hold the position of Deputy Director of Nursing at the University Hospital Reina Sofia in Cordoba and to be involved in this area in numerous actions such as the coordination of Reference Units of the Ministry of Health and Social Policy, the ASCO-QOPI certification program of the Medical Oncology unit, the review of Standard Operating Procedures or the GERM program for Bariatric Surgery and Hematological Gynecological Surgery, among others.  

Her teaching activity has allowed her to transmit to students the processes and protocols implemented in the health system to promote quality and patient satisfaction.  

• Deputy Director of Nursing at the University Hospital Reina Sofia in Cordoba
• Coordinator of Reference Units of the Ministry of Health and Social Policy of the University Hospital Reina Sofia
• Coordinator of the ERAS program for Colorectal and Hepatobiliary Surgery at the University Hospital Reina Sofia
• Coordinator of the GERM program for Bariatric Surgery and Hematologic Gynecologic Surgery at the University Hospital Reina Sofia
• Coordinator of the ASCO-QOPI certification program for the Medical Oncology unit of the University Hospital Reina Sofia
• Member of the Standard Operating Procedures review group of the University Hospital Reina Sofía
• Lecturer at the Andalusian School of Public Health
• Lecturer in training related to continuous quality improvement at the University Hospital Reina Sofía
• Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing from the University of Cordoba
• Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Management, University of Granada
• Postgraduate Diploma in Quality and Patient Safety from the University of Granada
• Specialization in certification model and continuous quality improvement of the American Society of Medical Oncology: ASCO 
• Intermediate Technician in Occupational Risk Prevention
• Certified evaluator by ISQua (International Society for Quality in Health Care)
• Member of:  
  
  • President of the Gender Violence Commission of the University Hospital Reina Sofía
  • Secretary of the Commission for Equal Opportunities between Men and Women of the University Hospital Reina Sofía
  • Member for Spain in the elaboration of ISO/CD 22336: Security and resilience-Organizational resilience-Guidelines for resilence policy and strategy
  • Secretary of the Andalusian Society of Healthcare Quality. SADECA 
  • Member of working groups for the revision of the Criteria for the Designation of Reference Units of the Ministry of Health (CSUR)