Dr. Carlos Centeno Cortés M.D. Ph.D.,

Carlos Centento is a full time consultant in Palliative Care in the Pain Therapy and Palliative Medicine Regional Center, Los Montalvos Hospital, in Salamanca, Spain.

He first trained as a radiation oncologist at the University Hospital of Valladolid.

In 1992, Dr. Centeno did doctoral work on the psychosocial needs of terminally ill patients and in 1999 published a revised version of his study as a monograph.

In 1998, he was a Clinical Research Fellow in palliative care at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, where he worked on Dr. Eduardo Bruera's unit.

Dr. Centeno was six year member of the Board of the Sociedad Española de Cuidados Palliativos (SECPAL), the Spanish Association of Palliative Care, and editor of its website (www.secpal.com).

He is particularly interested in training professionals in palliative care and is co-chair and academic coordinator of a two-year postgraduate course, 'Master en Medicina Palliativa,' at the University of Valladolid.

Dr. Centeno has published widely, in both national and international journals, and is member of the SECPAL Task Force Directory of Palliative Care Services in Spain since 1997.