Imagen Dr. Valentín Alzina de Aguilar, Departamento de Pediatría

meet Dr. Valentín Alzina de Aguilar

Head of Paediatrics Department
Paediatrics Specialist
Area of Expertise: Neonatal diseases and care

training andProfessional Career

Graduated (1977) and was awarded his doctorate (1985) in Medicine from the University of Navarra. He is a specialist in Paediatrics at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

He completed his training on a Paediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy Course at the University of North Carolina.

Head of Paediatrics Department since 2014.

Research Areas
His main research areas are thalamus nuclei (anterior and dorsomedial) in prenatal alcohol syndrome.

Síntomas ante los que debemos alarmarnos en una bronquiolitis. La bronquiolitis es una infección de las vías aéreas de los pulmones, los bronquiolos, que se contagia a través de las secreciones (tos o estornudos) o con el contacto de manos contaminadas. Suele cursar con tos, mocos y a veces fiebre. Ante dificultad respiratoria, incremento de su frecuencia o presencia de ruidos al respirar debemos acudir a un centro médico.
Alarm symptoms in bronchiolitis. [Video only available in Spanish]

ACTIVITY

As an educator

Clinical Associate and Assistant Professor at the University of Navarra Faculty of Medicine

He has chaired 30 national and international conferences.

As a researcher

He has had articles published in 70 national and international magazines and written 10 book chapters.

Latest scientific publications

MORE PUBLICATIONS

He's member of 6 scientific bodies
  • Basque-Navarra Society of Paediatrics
  • Spanish Association of Paediatrics
  • Spanish Society of Critical, Intensive and Coronary Medicine Units
  • Spanish Scientific Society for the fight against Cystic Fibrosis
  • European Society of Neonatology
  • Spanish Society of Paediatric Pneumology

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