Dr. Francisco Javier Tapia García

ACADEMIC TRAINING

1956: Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Madrid.

1962: Diploma in Labor Security. Accident Prevention Association (A.P.A) San Sebastian.

1968: Specialist in Labor Medicine by the University of Barcelona.

1968: Doctor Puericultor (Ministry of the Interior).

Specialist in Childcare and Paediatrics (Ministry of Education and Science).

06/11/1969: Doctor in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona with the qualification of Outstanding “Cum Laude”.

06/14/1982: Senior American Medical Examiner.

Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) in Chicago, Illinois.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

1956-1970: Doctor of Material and Constructions Company (Macosa), Barcelona.

1962-2001: Pediatrician in Social Security.

1962-2008: Pediatrician in private medicine.

1966-2005: Medical Doctor of 3 M, Barcelona.

1970-1992: Company doctor and Head of Levante Medical Services of Iberia Líneas Aéreas.

1988-2013: Company Doctor of Agfa-Gevaert, Barcelona

1995- 1998: General Coordinator of the Medical Services of Bayer in Spain.

1985-2013: Founder and General Secretary of BARCELONA CENTRO MEDICO (B.C.M.).

TEACHING COLLABORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

1959-1960: Professor and Secretary of Business Physician Courses, Barcelona.

1966-1970: Associate Professor and Head of Studies of the Professional School of Occupational Medicine of the University of Barcelona.

1969-1973: Full Professor of the Chair of Occupational Hygiene and Safety of the Social School of Barcelona (Social Graduates).

1960-1970: Professor of Safety and Hygiene for doctors, ATS, labor inspectors and collaborators, organized by the Ministry of Labor, Trade Unions and Employers’ Mutual Societies in Catalonia.

1964-1967: Secretary of the Catalan Society of Occupational Medicine.

Former Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences and former director of its Association of Occupational Medicine.

1992-1994: In charge of the Collegiate Section of Company Doctors.

1972: Member of the CIVIL AVIATION MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

1972: Member of the AEROSPACE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND MERITS

– Prize Society of Paediatrics of Madrid 1955.

– Honorary Title by the National Council of Sanitary Aids 1958.

– Honorary Member of the Ocular Protection Crusade.

– Business Medical Services Award (MACOSA) granted by the Minister of Labor Sanz Orrio and “Aristos” Prize awarded by the Minister of Labor, Mr. Romeo Gorría at the Salón del Tinell.

05/09/1972: Scroll of Friendship of the City of Miami.

04/04/1988: Guest Distinguished by the City of Ponce (Puerto Rico).

September 1988: Guest of Honor of the City of Guayaquil (Ecuador).

2017: Honorary Member of the European Council of Doctors and Doctors Honoris Causa (Consedoc) (Barcelona)

2017: Professional Merit Medal (Eserp) (Barcelona)

2017: Recognition plaque as Illustrious Student of the Ramiro de Maeztu Institute (Madrid)

PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES

National Congress of Medicine and Work Safety, Madrid 1957 and 1966, Barcelona 1965.

International Congresses: Stressa, Italy 1958. Belluno, Italy 1962, Madrid 1963, Nancy, France 1969 and Zurich, Switzerland 1989. Nis, Yugoslavia 1970. Aerospace Medical Association, Miami 1972. Civil Aviation Madical Association, Guadalajara, Mexico 1985. A.M.A. “American Medical Association” in Puerto Rico.

World Congresses: Mental Health, Barcelona 1960. Labor Security, London 1964. Occupational Medicine (O.I.T.), Geneva 1969.

Speaker in San Juan, Mayagüez and Ponce (Puerto Rico) and in Quito and Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Organizer of the 1st Security Week of the Center for Metallurgical Studies of Barcelona (CEAM) 1962.

Mediterranean Society of Occupational Medicine Meeting, Barcelona 1964. Montpelier 1966. Marseille 1968.

Organizer of the Third Hispano-Puerto Rican Congress of the Puerto Rican Association of Graduates in Spanish Universities held in Barcelona, ​​June 1988.

PUBLICATIONS

More than 20 works in medical journals and minutes of Spanish and Foreign Congresses.

OTHER DATA

Languages: Spanish and Catalan. Basic French and English