María Lourdes del Río-Solá holds a PhD in Medicine and Surgery (cum laude) and is a specialist in Angiology and Vascular Surgery, certified as Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery. She currently serves as Head of the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Department at the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, where she holds a permanent position since 2009. She has over 16 years of academic experience as Associate Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Valladolid and Professor at the European University Miguel de Cervantes, and holds national accreditation as tenured Associate Professor (ANECA, 2025). Her research activity includes more than 40 international original publications, leadership of multiple funded research projects, supervision of doctoral theses, and editorial activity as Associate Editor of Annals of Vascular Surgery. She currently serves as Secretary of the Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery.