Jose Maria Caffarena Calvar
Specialty: Pediatric cardiac surgeon
Experience: 39 years
Clinic: Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital
Admission fee: from 550$
About doctor Jose Maria Caffarena Calvar
Dr. Jose Maria Caffarena Calvar is an outstanding cardiac surgeon with many years of experience, specializing in performing cardiac surgeries on children and adolescents.
During his professional career, the doctor performed more than 8 thousand heart operations, including on newborns.
Dr. Jose Maria Caffarena Calvar is the Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital.
Professional experience
- 1992-1994 – Cardiac surgeon at La Fe Hospital in Spain.
- 1993-2008 – Lecturer at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Valencia.
- 2006-2010 – Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at La Fe Hospital, Spain.
- Since 2011 – Director of the Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital.
The doctor has published more than 50 articles in specialized scientific journals (both Spanish and international). He has also participated in more than 300 conferences.
Doctor’s specialty
The doctor specializes in performing cardiac surgeries on young patients.
Dr. Jose Maria Caffarena Calvar performs more than 300 cardiac surgeries per year; over the entire period of the doctor’s work, the number of operations performed amounted to 8000, with a survival rate in children of more than 98%.
The doctor also performed 450 operations to correct transposition of the great arteries in newborns. The mortality rate in these operations was less than 3%.
Doctor’s education
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1986
Graduated from the University of Valencia with a degree in Medicine and Surgery.
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1996
Defense of doctoral dissertation.
Membership in medical associations
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One of the founders of the World Society for Pediatric Surgery and Congenital Heart Surgery.
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Spanish Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Diseases (from 2006 to 2010 he held the position of Vice President.).
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Spanish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.
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European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
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