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I have been working at the Brain Injury Unit of the Aita Menni since it first opened in 1992. It all started as professional cooperation centred on Psychiatry and has become a big professional project that includes healthcare and management challenges at the Brain Injury Service of the Hospital Nuns.<\/p>\n
I studied at the Medical School of the University of the Basque Country, specialising in Psychiatrics in the UK, in different hospitals in Cambridge. I got an MS degree from the University of Cambridge and returned to Bilbao to work at the Basurto Hospital. After some time cooperating in the brain injury project of the Aita Menni Hospital, I decided to accept the position as Head of the Brain Injury Service of this hospital. Since then, our team have developed a network of healthcare and social services that offer support to brain-injured individuals and their families. I presented and defended my doctoral dissertation in the University of the Basque Country in 2000.<\/p>\n
My job consists in alleviating patients\u2019 suffering and getting a deeper knowledge of the human mind, two subjects that have always interested me. With time, I have learned to enjoy working in teams, understand team dynamics, and help accomplish the convergence of individual and common goals.<\/p>\n
– Physician and surgeon. University of the Basque Country. 1980-1986.<\/p>\n
– Physician specialising in Psychiatrics. Hospitals in Cambridge, UK.<\/p>\n
– PhD Degree Cum Laude from the University of the Basque Country. PhD programme advisors: Professor Jos\u00e9 Guim\u00f3n (University of the Basque Country), Germ\u00e1n Berrios (University of Cambridge). Dissertation: \u201cMotor disorders in depression.\u201d 2000.<\/p>\n
– MS Degree from the University of Cambridge. 1995.<\/p>\n
Recent publications<\/p>\n
– M.L. De Francisco, G. Portero, E. Echebur\u00faa, and J.I. Quemada. \u201cGu\u00eda para la evaluaci\u00f3n cl\u00ednico-forense del da\u00f1o ps\u00edquico consecutivo a los traumatismos craneoencef\u00e1licos,\u201d Cuadernos de Medicina Forense, 15 (55), January 2009, 37-54.<\/p>\n
– J.I. Quemada Ubis, A. Sagasta Errasti, J.I. Mar\u00edn Ojea, and A. F. P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez. \u201cEl paciente con da\u00f1o cerebral adquirido,\u201d in M. Salazar Vallejo et al., Tratado de psicofarmacolog\u00eda. Bases y aplicaci\u00f3n cl\u00ednica, Editorial M\u00e9dica Panamericana, 2004, 167-175.<\/p>\n
– J.I. Quemada, M.L. De Francisco, E. Echebur\u00faa, and A. Bulbena. \u201cImpacto de las secuelas psiqui\u00e1tricas y neuropsicol\u00f3gicas de los traumatismos craneoencef\u00e1licos sobre la duraci\u00f3n de los tiempos legales,\u201d Actas Espa\u00f1olas de Psiquiatr\u00eda, 38(2), 2010, 101-107.<\/p>\n
My research is centred on changes in behaviour following acquired brain injury.<\/p>\n
I was a dissertation advisor for:<\/p>\n
– \u201cNeuropsychological assessment of brain-injured patients with disinhibited behaviour.\u201d I. S\u00e1nchez Cubillo. Complutense University of Madrid. 2010.<\/p>\n
– \u201cContributions to the clinical-forensic assessment of the neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological sequelae of traumatic brain injury.\u201d M.L. de Francisco Ma\u00edz. University of the Basque Country. 2007.<\/p>\n
– Assistant teacher and therapist. Internship. Outpatient Unit, Basurto Hospital. 1984-1985, 1985-1986.
\n– Adult Psychiatry. Residency. Fulbourn Hospital. February 1988-July 1988.
\n– Geriatric Psychiatry. Residency. West Suffolk Hospital. August 1988-January 1989.
\n– Adult Psychiatry. Residency. Fulbourn Hospital. February 1989-July 1989.
\n– Emotional and eating disorders. Residency. Addenbrooke\u2019s Hospital. August 1989-January 1990.
\n– Psychiatric rehabilitation. Residency. Fulbourn Hospital. February 1990-July 1990.
\n– Adult Psychiatry. Residency. Fulbourn Hospital. August 1990-January 1991.
\n– Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Fulbourn Hospital. February 1991-July 1991.
\n– Psychiatry Service. Medical internship. Basurto Hospital, Bilbao. September 1991-September 1994.
\n– Consultant physician at the Psychiatry Service. Basurto Hospital, Bilbao. Until September 1993.
\n– Physician at the Inpatient Unit. Aita Menni Hospital. Since May 1993.
\n– Consultant in Neuropsychiatry at the Brain Injury Service of the Aita Menni Hospital in Mondrag\u00f3n. I took part in the initial planning of the unit while still in the UK and got in situ supervision from British doctors. November 1992-December 1996.
\n– Head of the Brain Injury Service. Aita Menni Hospital. Outpatient Centres were established in Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebasti\u00e1n, and Day Care Centres in Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebasti\u00e1n, Guernica, and Mondrag\u00f3n. Some of them are managed by the Aita Menni Hospital, while in others we contribute part of the staff. January 1997-present.
\n– Coordinator of the Menni Brain Injury Network, including all the Brain Injury Services run by the Hospital Nuns in Spain. 2007-present.<\/p>\n
English
\nGerman<\/p>\n
I enjoy outdoors activities and wildlife watching. I like taking photos of deer in Cameros, La Rioja, or scuba diving in Fuerteventura. I play tennis and go mountain biking. As time goes by, I become more interested in history and arts, which is why I like travelling across the country looking for cultural spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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