- Chief of the Unit of Innovation in Minimally Invasive Surgery of the University Hospital "Virgen del Rocío"

- Head of the General and Digestive Surgery Unit of the Hospital QuirónSalud Sagrado Corazón in Sevilla (Spain).

- Accredited as Full Professor of the University by the Ministry of Education of Spain. University of Sevilla

- President of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES) - Past-President of the Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC) - Past General Secretary of the European Hernia Society (EHS)

- Vice-Chairman of the Chapter of Abdominal Wall surgery of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)

- Director of the Training program of endoscopic surgery of the Spanish Association of Surgery (AEC)

- President of the Expert Committee of the Royal College of Medicine of Sevilla

- Vice-President of the National Commission for General and Digestive Surgery of the National Council of Specialties in Health Sciences of the Ministry of Health