Angel Salvatierra

Who is Angel Salvatierra?

Ángel Salvatierra Velázquez was born in El Puerto de Santa María in 1954. At the age of 14, he already knew he wanted to become a doctor. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Medicine by the Universidad de Cádiz, Spain in 1979, leaning towards surgery and radiology. He finished his specialty at Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid. In 1984, he started working at Reina Sofía Hospital, Córdoba, where he currently works as the Chief of Thoracic Surgery. Current member of the Andalusian Ethics and Medical Research Commission, as well as former member of the Andalusian Regional Committee for Clinical Trials. Member of Santa Cecilia Fine Arts Academy of El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz.