Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Zaragoza (1979) and Specialist in Cardiology at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation Hospital, Madrid (1987). She is also a specialist in Sports Medicine from the School of Sports Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid (2007). Doctor of Medicine with the distinction of Summa Cum Laude by Unanimity from the Autonomous University of Madrid "Adaptation of the aortic root to training: Study in Spanish high-performance athletes" (2014). She was Head of the Cardiology Service at the Sports Medicine Center, Higher Sports Council from May 1988 to December 2021, Madrid, Spain. She is responsible for the cardiovascular assessment of Spanish elite athletes prior to competition and for monitoring before European Cups, World Championships, or participation in the Olympic and Paralympic Games during 8 Olympic cycles (Barcelona 92, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016, and Tokyo 2020). Dedicated to both research and the promotion of scientific advances in the field of cardiology and sports. Founder of the Working Group on Cardiology in Sport and Physical Activity of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (1991) and the National Registry of Sudden Death in Sport, Spanish Societies of Sports Medicine and Cardiology (2010). Her research interests include the study of morphological and functional cardiac adaptation to high-performance sports, and the prevention of sudden death in sports through the study of its main causes and facilitating mechanisms.