Miguel Ángel Hernandez-Mezquita graduated with a degree in Medicine from the University of Salamanca in 1991. Dr. Hernandez-Mezquita completed his residency in Pulmonology at the University Hospital of Salamanca between 1994 and 1997. In 1998, he obtained a doctorate in Medicine and later earned a specialty in Family and Community Medicine and a Master's in Direction and Management of Clinical Units. Currently, Dr. Hernandez-Mezquita is a Specialist Physician in the Pulmonology Area of ​​the University Hospital of Salamanca and is also a professor of respiratory disease and the thorax in the area of medicine at the University of Salamanca (USAL). Dr. Hernandez-Mezquita's areas of interest are chronic obstructive disease and smoking, and he is currently the co-director of two doctoral theses, the coordinator of the IMPACE (Immunization to Prevent Acute COPD Exacerbations) study, and a principal investigator of various research projects. Dr. Hernandez-Mezquita has also been a member of the Cancer Advisory Council of the Public Health System of Extremadura, the Occupational Risk Prevention Commission of the Virgen Hospital of the Port of Plasencia, and the Scientific Committee of the Tobacco Prevention Magazine. Dr. Hernandez-Mezquita is also the Chair of the Smoking Commission of the University Hospital of Salamanca and has authored numerous scientific articles and more than 130 communications at regional, national, and international scientific conferences.