F. Javier Puertas

F. Javier PUERTAS, MD, PhD. (Alicante, Spain, 1968) is currently Chef de Clinique at Sleep Disorders Centre, Neurology Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium. Formerly he was the founder and head of Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine Centre at La Ribera University Hospital in Valencia, Spain (1999-2018), and assistant professor of Physiology at University of Valencia from 2001-2018. Graduated (MD) at Valencia University Medical School in 1993. Clinical Neurophysiology resident at La Fe University Hospital in Valencia, 1994-1997. Fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Sleep and Wake Disorders Center, Montpellier University Hospital, 1997-1998. Sleep and Wake Interuniversity Diploma, Montpellier University in 1998. Dr Puertas received his PhD degree in 2006. He has served as secretary of the Spanish Sleep Society from 2003 to 2006, and later as president, 2006-2010. He was appointed member of advisory board and scientific co-coordinator of Quality Standards of Sleep Units Document published by Spanish Health Ministry in 2011. Dr Puertas has published, 2 books, 15 book chapters, 40 research papers, and more than 100 abstracts. He has been involved in the organization of first interdisciplinary accreditation course and examination in Sleep Medicine in Spain. Dr Puertas was certified as Somnologist, expert in Sleep Medicine, in the first examination for grandfathers organized by ESRS in 2012. In 2013, Dr Puertas was president of Local organizing Committee of World Sleep Medicine Congress in Valencia, Spain. Currently Dr Puertas serves as member of Sleep Medicine Committee of European Sleep Research Society and vice president of the Spanish Sleep Society.