Academic Degrees: M.D. (1962), University of Barcelona, Spain, 1962; Doctorado (Surgery) (1974), University of Santiago, Spain; Ph. D. (1981), Mechanical Engineering, University of Surrey, U.K. and Doctor Honoris Causa (1987), University of Marseille, France.
Education and trainingPresent positionPresident of the Vascular Institute, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State Universtity, Detroit, MI (2000 - present); Professor of Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; chief of division of Vascular Surgery, Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; consultant in Vascular Surgery, Children's Hospital, Detroit and co-editor-in-chief of Annals of Vascular Surgery (Detroit) and Annales de Chirurgie Vasculaire (Paris).Other previous positionsDirector of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Training Programme, Wayne State University School of Medicine and director of the Acute Stroke Unit Harp.