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Dr. José Ramón Yuste

Specialist in Internal Medicine.
Primary focus on infectious diseases.

Works at: Navarre headquarters

Be part of: Clínica Universidad de Navarra

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Professional career

Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Zaragoza (1989) and Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra (1994). Specialist in Internal Medicine at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (1995).

Training stay in Infectious Diseases (2007) at Purpan Hospital in Toulouse (France) and at Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona.

Specialist in Infectious Pathology in the hospital setting. School of Medicine. Complutense University of Madrid (2008).

Consultant in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Infectious Diseases Service at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

Coordinator of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (PROA) at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

RESEARCH AREAS

He has participated or is currently participating in 14 research projects as Principal Investigator/Site Principal Investigator and in another 21 research projects as Collaborating Investigator, corresponding to competitive calls at the local, national, and international level and from the pharmaceutical industry.
Established Researcher of the Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Collaborating researcher at Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Inflammatory, Immune and Infectious Diseases Area, Pamplona, Navarra.
Regular reviewer for scientific journals: British Medical Journal Case Reports; Clinical Medicine Insights: Trauma and Intensive Medicine; Journal of Dermatology; Clinical Research; Obstetrics and Gynaecology Cases – Reviews.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Infection control – prudent use of anti-infective agents.
Diagnosis and treatment of infections in immunocompromised patients. New strategies in the control and treatment of viral infections.
Diagnosis and treatment of healthcare-associated infections.
Infections associated with biomedical devices.
Diagnosis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Activity

In teaching

Associate Professor of Medicine (accredited by ANECA). School of Medicine, University of Navarra.
Director-Coordinator of the Infectious Diseases course in the Medical Degree program at the University of Navarra School of Medicine from the 2011-2012 through the 2023-2024 academic year, and coordinator of infectious disease content in the integrated curriculum for the 3rd through 6th years of the Medical Degree program from the 2023-2024 academic year to the present.
Coordinator of the 4th year of the Medical Degree program at the University of Navarra School of Medicine since the 2026-2027 academic year.
He has been awarded 2 six-year research performance periods (sexenios) recognized by the CNEAI (1996-2012 and 2013-2021).
He has received 3 positive evaluations of teaching quality in the 2009-2012, 2013-2018, and 2019-2025 evaluation periods.
In April 2011, he received a positive evaluation of his teaching and research activity for accreditation as Profesor Contratado Doctor and Professor at a Private University from the Directorate-General for Universities of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
In September 2023, he received a favorable resolution from ANECA for accreditation as Associate Professor (Profesor Titular de Universidad) in the Health Sciences field (Ref. 2023-000806).
Head of the Clinical Clerkship Unit of the Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Internal Medicine, since 2007.
Head of the International Student Program of the Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Internal Medicine, since 2008.
Head of the Student Internship Program of the Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Internal Medicine, since 2011.
Clinical Tutor for students in the second cycle of the Medical Degree program at the University of Navarra School of Medicine.

In research

Author of 72 publications indexed in PubMed. In more than 60% of them, he holds a leading authorship position (first author, senior/last author, or corresponding author). Approximately 40% of these papers have been published in first-quartile journals, including The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Hepatology, Haematologica, Frontiers in Immunology, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Internal Medicine, and Antibiotics.
He has authored 45 book chapters and edited 7 medical books.
He has supervised 3 doctoral theses (two of which received an Outstanding Thesis Award and one of which was an international doctoral thesis) and is currently supervising another.
He has supervised 25 undergraduate final projects and has served on evaluation committees for 43 projects.
Author/co-author of more than 160 presentations at national and international conferences. He has delivered more than 60 invited scientific lectures at national and international conferences, seminars, hospital meetings, and research centers.

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Scientific organizations

Member of the Infectious Diseases Committee of Clínica Universidad de Navarra since 2013 (Chair of this Committee from 2007 to 2013).
Member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee of Clínica Universidad de Navarra since 2013.
Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC).
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).
Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI).
Infectious Diseases Working Group of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (GTEI-SEMI).
Society of Internal Medicine of Aragón, La Rioja, Navarra, and the Basque Country.