Contact

Barranca del Muerto 520, Los Alpes, Álvaro Obregón, C.P.01010, Ciudad de México, México

Phone

(+52) 55 9171 9570
CIR

César Sánchez Álvarez Pedrosa

Areas of current clinical interest
  • Thoracic radiology.
  • Organization and Quality Control in Image Departments.
Training
  • Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Complutense University. Madrid (1955).
  • Doctor of Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid. (1978).
  • Specialization in Internal Medicine. Jiménez Díaz Foundation. 1955-1958.
  • Rotating boarding school. Prince Georges General Hospital. Maryland, USA. 1958-1959.
  • Residency in Diagnostic Radiology. Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, USA.1959-1962
Doctor Pedrosa

Positions held

  • Radiodiagnostic Service. General Hospital of Asturias. 1963-1970.
  • Head of the Radiodiagnostic Department. Clinical Hospital. Madrid. 1970-2002.

Teaching activity

  • Full Professor. Faculty of Medicine. University Complutense. Madrid.1986.
  • Professor of Radiodiagnostic of the Faculty of Medicine of the University Complutense. Madrid. 1992-2002.
  • Professor Emeritus of Radiology. University Complutense. Madrid. 2002.
  • Founder and Director. School of Higher Image Technicians. Clinical Hospital of Madrid. 1976-2002.

Other teaching tasks.

  • Member of the Education Commission responsible for the implementation of the MIR program in Spain. 1963-1970.
  • Director-founder of the Technical School of the General Hospital of Asturias. 1963-1970.
  • Member of the Education Committee. European Society of Radiology.

Honours

  • Medal "Antoine Bèclere". International Society of Radiology.
  • Honorary Member. Radiological Society of North America.
  • Honorary Fellow del American College of Radiology
  • Academic of number of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Galicia
  • Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Radiology (SERAM)
  • Gold Medal of the Spanish Society of Radiology
  • Honorary President of the Asturian Society of Radiology
  • Gold medal.International Congress of Radiology 1973
  • Gold Medal of the XIII International Congress of Radiology Foundation
  • Honorary Member of the Portuguese Society of Radiology
  • Honorary Member and Gold Medal of the Veracruz Society of Radiology and Imaging of Mexico.
  • Award for Radiological Merit of the Mexican Federation of Radiology
  • Honorary Member of the Official Medical College of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Honorary Member of the Argentine Society of Radiology
  • Honorary Member. Radiology Advisory Board. Cuban Society of Radiology
  • Honorary member. Society of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging. Cordoba. Argentina
  • Silver Medal. Inter-American Congress of Radiology. Buenos Aires.2000.
  • Honorary Member. XX National Congress of Radiology. Valencia
  • Honorary Member and Gold Medal. National Congress of Radiology. Málaga 1992

Civil distinction

  • Medal of Asturias. Principality of Asturias. 2013

Positions held

  • Editor of the "Investigative Radiology"
  • Director of the Journal "Radiology"
  • President of the SERAM
  • Chairman of the National Radiology Committee of the National Council of Medical Specialties
  • President. Radiodiagnostic Committee. International Congress of Radiology.1973
  • Member. International Committee of Contrast Media. International Society of Radiology.
  • Spanish Representative of the European Society of University Radiologists.
  • Member of the Education Committee. European Society of Radiology
  • "Senior Examiner". European Diploma of Radiology.
  • Spanish representative. Inter-American College of Radiology.1998.

Posts

Author and editor principal of:
  • PEDROSA. Diagnosis by imaging. Editorial McGraw-Hill. 1ª edición.1986.
  • PEDROSA. Diagnosis by imaging. 2ª Edición Editorial McGraw-Hill. 1999-2002.
  • PEDROSA. Diagnosis by the Image Compendium.
  • Editorial McGraw-Hill. 1987
  • Author of chapters in books by another author (24)
  • Editor. MONOGRAPHS "DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING". Madrid, 1.987.
  • Published articles 116
  • Presentations and communications to congresses 204
  • Conferences by invitation 622