María Nabal Vicuña

Date of Birth: 07.07.1963
Place of Birth: San Sebastian. Spain
Nationality: Spanish

CAREER
1990-1992 Aassistant at the Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. Zaragoza, as a part of the Family Doctor speciality
January- March 1992 Stage at tne Palliative Care Unit Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Madrid
1992-1993 Assistant at the Arrabal Primary Care Centre. Zaragoza
1994 Responsible of the Palliative Care Unit. Hospital Santa María Lérida
1994 -1997 Staff Assistant of the Supportive Palliative Care Team at the Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova. Lérida.
1998 Master in Palliative Care University of Barcelona
Since 1997 Responsible of the Supportive Palliative Care Team at the Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova. Lérida.
Since 2000 Member of the Board of the Spanish Palliative Care Society (SECPAL)
2001 Doctoral Thesis on Prognosis in Palliative Care. University of Zaragoza
2001-2003 Member of the Board of the Catalonian Society of Palliative Care

CURRENT POSITIONS
- Responsible of the Supportive Palliative Care Team at the Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova. Léridia.
- Editor in Chef of the Spanish Journal of Palliative Care: “Medicina Paliativa”
- Member of the Permanent Commission on Oncology in the Health Department of the Catalonian’s Government

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
- Member of the Catalonian Research Cooperative Group (CATPAL)
- Coordinator of local Palliative Care resources for local and national research projects
- Member of the Prognostic Research Team at the Research Network of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)

EDITORIAL COMMITMENTS
- Editor in Chef of the Spanish Journal of Palliative Care: “Medicina Paliativa”
- Collaborations as a palliative Medicine reviewer

APPOINTMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Since 2000 Member of the Board of the Spanish Palliative Care Society (SECPAL)
2001-2003 Member of the Board of the Catalonian Society of Palliative Care

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Teacher of post graduated courses on Palliative Care University of Lérida and Barcelona
Ethics at the end of life invited lecturer. Faculty of Medicine University of Lérida

LECTURES AT CONGRESSES AND COURSES
Invited speaker for 100 lectures at national and some internationalcongresses and courses

CONGRESS APPOINTMENTS
Member of the Scientific and/or Organising Committees of 5 Congresses on national and international level

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Author and Co-author of 3 books and 50 papers published in national and international journals.