-Degree and doctor's degree in Medicine at Santiago University.-Research work in Neurosciences at Milan Univesity (Italy) and the National Health Institutes (Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.).-Physiology professor at the Faculty of Medicine (Santiago University).-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Santiago University (from 1984 to 1989).-Chief of the section of Clinical Neurophysiology at the University Hospital of Santiago.
He published several articles about physiology of the nerve system in international magazines. He got a prize from the 'Grant' Foundation (New York) for his research work in Neurosciences.He is the founder and president of the nationalist club 'Alén Nós'.