Dr Juanatey is Head of the Cardiology and UCC Service of the Santiago de Compostela University Hospital Complex (CHUS) and Full Professor of Cardiology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Dr Juanatey graduated from the USC School of Medicine. He specialised in Cardiology at the Hospital Clínico de Santiago and completed stays at the University Clinic of Navarra, Karolinska Hospital (Stockholm) and Stanford University (California). Dr Juanatey is Head of the Cardiology and UCC Service at the University of Santiago de Compostela. The Department under his direction has been awarded as the “Best Cardiology Department in the BIC awards” over the last 8 years. The Santiago Research group was ranked Nº 1 in Spain among the 41 groups integrated in the CIBERCV consortium. Dr. Juanatey serve as adviser for the Spanish and Portuguese Ministry of Health and is a member of the European Cardiovascular Initiative from the European Parliament. Awarded the 2014 and 2024 as Physician-of-the-Year award in Spain. Former President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology from 2013-2015.

As a Professor there, he has supervised over 30 PhD theses. Dr Juanatey also directs the group of Cardiovascular Research in the CIBERCV consortium. He is former President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Dr Juanatey has published more than 500 articles accumulating more than 70,000 citations in top international scientific journals. He has also led a multitude of national and international research projects and clinical trials with public and private funding. Currently Board Member in the World Heart Federation and Director for the Health Sciences Strategy of the Santiago de Compostela University