- I was born on October 5, 1965 in the city of San Sebastian, Spain. - Medical Degree from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) Leioa / Bilbao, Spain 1991. I received my academic degree in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, 1997. - My daily work is performed at the Hospital Universitario Donostia in the Department of Anesthesiology, Clinical Care and Pain Medicine since 1998. - I am a member of SEMDOR (Spanish Multidisciplinary Pain Society), SVNARTD (Sociedad Vasco-Navarra Anestesia Reanimación SVND (Sociedad Vasco Navarra Dolor y Tratamiento del Dolor), SED (Sociedad Española Dolor) and ESRA (European Society Regional Anesthesia). I have taken part in conference discussions on all topics related to pain management. I have been a speaker at several of the SED and ESRA-Spain congresses. - Opioids are in this environment, my favorite field in which I have published about 40 articles in both international journals (Pain Practice, Journal of Opioid Management, Pain Research & Treatment, Open Journal of Pain, The Korean Journal of Pain, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, JACCOA, Open Journal of Anesthesiology, etc) and national (Revista Española de Anestesiología, Revista Sociedad Española del dolor, Medicina Paliativa). - I am professor of the Master of pain at the University of Valencia since 2018 (2 topics; Clinical Pharmacology of opioids and NSAIDs, and Master of Pain SED since 2019 (Bioethics and pain).