Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay, MD, PhD
Born in Santander, Cantabria (Spain) (July 26, 1957).
EDUCATION
Institution/Location Degree Year Field of Study
School of Medicine, U. of M.D. 1980 Medicine
Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Hospital Universitario M.
Valdecilla, Santander, Spain M.D. 1985 Rheumatology
ECFMG Certification (USA)
# 390-646-8 M.D. 2/10/86 Medicine
University of Cantabria Ph.D. 1995 Medicine
Santander, Spain
Extraordinary (Outstanding) Doctorate Award-University of Cantabria-December 18, 2006
Positive evaluation of the teaching and research activity by the Spanish “Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA)” (Reference 2004-815) (May 2004)
Certificate of positive evaluation to be eligible for a position as University Professor (“Profesor Titular de Universidad”) by the Spanish agency for “ACREDITACIÓN NACIONAL PARA EL ACCESO A LOS CUERPOS DOCENTES UNIVERSITARIOS” 16/02/2009
University of Manchester- Honorary Senior Lecturer, in the Genomic Epidemiology Research Group assigned to the School of Translational Medicine effective from 4 November 2009 to 3 November 2012
CLINICAL and/or RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1981-1985 Resident (Internal Medicine: 2 years; Rheumatology: 2 years) Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
1986-1987 Emergency Service, Cantabria, Spain.
1987-2009 Rheumatology Staff, Hospital Xeral, Lugo, Spain
1993-1995 Rheumatology Research Fellow, Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Summer 2000 ARC Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Manchester (U.K.)
2010-present Head, Rheumatology Section, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
Member of the Editorial Board of Arthritis Care and Research, Clinical and
Experimental Rheumatology, The Journal of Rheumatology and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Reviewer of International peer-review journals such as Arthritis Rheumatism, Arthritis Care Research, Journal of Rheumatology, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Seminars Arthritis Rheumatism, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Rheumatology (Oxford) and Medicine (Baltimore) among others.
MAIN LINES OF RESEARCH:
Epidemiology and Genetics: Giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, systemic vasculitides, connective tissue diseases, spondyloarthropathies and rheumatoid arthritis.
Genetic markers of cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis.
Studies on atherosclerosis cardiovascular risk in rheumatic diseases.
More than 410 documents published in international journals
(PubMed- Gonzalez-Gay MA OR Gonzalez-Gay M)
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