Dr. Esperanza Naredo, Spain
- Full Rheumatology Residency program at the Rheumatology Department, Prof J. Gijon Baños, Hospital La Paz, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain (1990-1994).
- Full Doctoral Programme in the Department of Internal Medicine, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain.
- PhD degree (Cum Laude), Complutense University, Madrid, Spain with the thesis “Assessment of inflammatory activity with ultrasound in rheumatoid arthritis”.
- Visiting Fellowship at the Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Unit, Prof M. van Holsbeeck, Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, Michigan USA, in 1995.
- From 1995, musculoskeletal ultrasound performed in daily rheumatology practice.
- In September 1996, founder of the Ultrasound School of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology and since then organizer and teacher.
- From 1998 to 2011, Staff member of the Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
- Since 2012, Staff member of the Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Faculty in EULAR Sonography Courses from 1998.
- Member of the EULAR Working Group for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound since 2000.
- Member of the OMERACT group for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound since October 2003. Co-chair of the group since May 2008.
- Member of the EULAR Standing Committee on Imaging since June 2008.
- Chair of the EULAR Standing Committee on Musculoskeletal Imaging since June 2014.
- Level 3 of Competency in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound by EFSUMB (European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology), 2013.
- Organiser and Faculty member of more than 150 national and international musculoskeletal ultrasound courses.
- Published articles (over 130), abstracts (over 150) and book chapters (over 35), and conferences (over 250) concerning musculoskeletal ultrasound.
- Reviewer for indexed International Journals of Rheumatology.
- Member of the Editorial Board of Current Rheumatology Reviews
- Associate Editor of the International Journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.
