Our professionals
Dr. José Ramón Yuste
Specialist in Internal Medicine.
Primary focus on infectious diseases.
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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.
- Head and Coordinator of the Infectious Diseases course in the Medical Degree program at the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra since the academic year.
- Professor in the courses of Infectious Diseases, Clinical Practice, and Differential Diagnosis.
- He has two six-year research periods recognized by the CNEAI (1996–2012 and 2013–2021).
- In April 2011 he obtained a positive evaluation of his teaching and research activity as “Profesor Contratado Doctor” and Professor at a Private University from the Directorate General of Universities of the Ministry of Education and Science.
- In September 2023 he obtained a favorable resolution (ANECA) for appointment to the body of Associate Professors (“Profesores Titulares de Universidad”) in the field of Health Sciences (Ref 2023-000806).
- Head of the Clinical Internship Unit of the Infectious Diseases Service of the Department of Internal Medicine since 2007.
- Head of the Program for international students of the Infectious Diseases Service of the Department of Internal Medicine since 2008.
- Head of the Program for student interns of the Infectious Diseases Service of the Department of Internal Medicine since 2011.
- Clinical Tutor of second-cycle Medical Degree students at the School of Medicine of the University of Navarra.
In research
- Author of 61 publications indexed in PubMed. In more than 60% of them he appears in a primary authorship position (first author, senior/last author, or corresponding author). Around 40% of these papers have been published in first-quartile journals, including Lancet, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Hepatology, Haematologica, Frontiers in Immunology, European Journal of Clinical and Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Internal Medicine, and Antibiotics.
- He has authored 39 book chapters and edited 6 medical books.
- He has supervised three doctoral theses (one of them awarded a distinguished thesis prize) and is currently supervising another one.
- He has supervised 14 undergraduate final projects and has served on evaluation committees for 20 such projects.
- Author/co-author of more than 150 communications at national and international conferences. He has delivered more than 60 invited scientific lectures at national and international congresses, seminars, and meetings in hospitals and research centers.
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.