简介
FELIPE F. CASANUEVA
The highest scientific, teaching and professional title: Professor of Medicine
Date and place of birth: MADRID, 23th October 1948
Graduated from (faculty, place, year):
School of Medicine-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 1975
Specialization (field, year, place): Endocrinology and Nutrition
MD (title, year, faculty, place):
School of Medicine-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 1977
Professor of Medicine (faculty, place, year):
School of Medicine-Santiago de Compostela University, Santiago de Compostela, 1992
Present Position:
- Head of Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition Hospital Universitario de Santiago
- President of Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO)
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Pituitary Society (USA)
- Honorary Member of the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE). Poland 2014
- Honorary Doctorate in Medicine of the University of Belgrade. Serbia 2014
- Honorary Doctorate in Medicine of the University of Erciyes. Turkey 2013
- Honorary Doctorate in Medicine of the Medical University of Lódz. Poland 2008
- Full member of the Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugia de Galicia (RAMYCGA). Coruña 2013
More specific professional-scientific filed of interest and professional contribution: regulation of growth hormone secretion, clinical neuroendocrinology, regulation and action of ghrelin and, obesity control and treatment.
Advanced training (institutions, places):
After completing his medical training in Madrid, he performed five years of postdoctoral training first in Milan - Italy, where he spent 3 years with Prof Eugenio Muller. After this, in Winnipeg - Canada, where he spent 2 years working with Professor Henry Friesen.
Number of papers published in extenso, books, chapters in books, citations according to Science citation index:
• 594 International Papers with Impact Factor (1545,316)
• 72 h-index
• 623 Communications to International and National Congresses
• 48 Chapters in International Books
• 22 Chapters in National Books
• 137 Lectures by Invitation in International Congresses, including Plenary Lectures
• Editor of 5 International Books and 3 National Books
Membership in professional associations and editorial boards:
Dr Felipe F. Casanueva has served as President of the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Endocrinology (ISE) and currently is the President of the Spanish Society for Study of Obesity (SEEDO). He is a member of several other academic societies, serves on the editorial board of numerous journals and as Continental Editor of Clinical Endocrinology. He is also Honorary Member of the ESE 2014.
Awards and acknowledgments:
• Award of Xunta de Galicia to the Health Science Area Research. Santiago de Compostela, March 1994
• Award of the Spanish Endocrine Society, 1993-1996
• Award of the Spanish Endocrine and Nutrition Society to his Professional Career (Gold Medal), Alicante, May 2002
• Award “Jose Varela de Montes” of the Xunta de Galicia to the Health Science Area Reserch, Santiago de Compostela, March 2005
• Award “Rey Jaime I” of the Premios Rey Jaime I Foundation to Medical Research. Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, 2005
• International Award “Geoffrey Harris” of Neuroendocrinology 8th European Congress of Endocrinology Glasgow (UK), April 2006
• Award “Novoa Santos”, organized by the Association of Galician Doctors (ASOMEGA), November 2008
• Award “Fundacion Lilly de Investigacion Biomedica Clinica”
(Fundacion Lilly), Madrid. March 2012
Member of the International Editorial Board of:
- Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (1991-2000)
- Clinical Endocrinology (1992-1994)
- Neuroendocrinology (1994-1999)
- Pituitary (1998-now)
- Growth Hormone and IGF Research (1998-now)
- Hormones (2001-now)
- Endocrinology (2005-now)
- Clinical Endocrinology - Continental Editor- (2011-2014)
Editor-in-Chief of Obesity and Metabolism (2005-2011)
