FACULTY

Villar J.

• MD: Medical School, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. • Medical Resident in Critical Care Medicine, Hospital del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. • PhD. University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. • 1980-1987: Staff, Critical Care Medicine, Hospital del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. • 1987-1994: Research Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital & Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. • 1994-2004: Founder and Director, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario NS de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain. • 2004-2007: Founder and Director, Instituto Canario de Investigación Biomédica, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. • 2010-2012: Director, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. 2012-present: Senior scientist, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. • Group Head, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en RED (CIBER) de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. • Author of more than 250 publications in scientific journals. • Main topics of research: Acute Lung Injury, Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Failure, Mechanical Ventilation. • H index: 48.