Dr. Fernando Martínez-Pintor

Dr. FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ-PINTOR

UNIVERSITY DEGREES:

• Medical Doctor, Specialist in Rheumatology.
• PhD in Medicine and Surgery.

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Medical Care: Currently Director of the Institute of Rheumatology and Medical Anthropology at Clínica Nuestra Señora del Remei in Barcelona.
• Teaching: Regular guest speaker at national and international congresses and universities. He has organized, collaborated on, and directed various courses of Spanish and European scientific societies.
• Research: His research focuses on the biochemical markers of emotions, particularly human suffering, and their somatic repercussions. His studies have been presented at international congresses, published in high-impact journals, and in three books on pain, suffering, and psychophysiology.

MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES AND POSITIONS:

• Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Psychosomatic Medicine (founded in 1955).
• President and Founder of the Circle of Psychosomatics and Medical Anthropology of Barcelona.
• Member of the Académie Suisse pour la Médecine Psychosomatique et Psychosociale.
• Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychosomatische Medizin und Ärztliche Psychotherapie.
• Representative for Spain of the Non Pharmacological Intervention Society.
• Director of the program “Las mañanas de la SEMP”.
• Co-founder of the Ibero-American Group of Medical Anthropology.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Author of numerous articles in specialized journals and three books on the effects of emotions and suffering on illness.

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